Larvikite Large Hole 8mm Round - 8-inch Terra Agate as waters loosen and decompose

as waters loosen and decompose the organic elements and replace them with silicate substances

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

Historically

that were deposited in shallow sea beds

It is an opaque stone

Larvikite Large Hole 8mm Round - 8-inch Terra Agate as waters loosen and decomposeThe 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