Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE nye_limited_worst Garnet was used as far

Garnet was used as far back as the Bronze Age

Rhodochrosite has a pearly luster and often displays banded patterning

a microscopic protozoa with a silica shell

Howlite can be easily dyed and is often treated to be blue for use as a substitute for turquoise

and was named Morganite in honor of John Pierpoint Morgan

Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE nye_limited_worst Garnet was used as farThe 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