Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE Stone Type_Druzy Agate but it can also occur

but it can also occur as orange

so named because the ancient Incas believed the stone to be the petrified blood of their ancestral rulers

and it’s name is derived from the Greek “apate

Each strand reflects the unique mineral composition of the region

Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE Stone Type_Druzy Agate but it can also occurThe name originates from the town of Larvik, Norway where this type of igneous rock is found. Legend has it that it came to the world? s attention in the 1890s when a local geologist saw it glimmering in the moonlight and recommended that it be submitted as a representative stone from Norway to the World? s Fair in Germany. It won 1st price and has been used ever since in sculpture, jewelry, and architecture. It is not a granite, rather a feldspar