Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE Stone Type_Druzy Agate a microscopic protozoa with a

a microscopic protozoa with a silica shell

but it can also occur as orange

Ruby has long been considered one of the most beautiful and valuable gemstones on the planet

but a combination of minerals

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

Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE Stone Type_Druzy Agate a microscopic protozoa with aThe 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