Matte Larvikite 10mm Round Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE Tourmaline Flash Sale African Jade is a complex

African Jade is a complex Calcium Aluminum Silicate and is a Nephrite Jade

until the 17th century Crystal Quartz was believed to be permanently frozen water

“Butter” suggests qualities of smoothness

translucent stone

this wood variety is so hard that it is often used in heavy construction for beams

Matte Larvikite 10mm Round Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE Tourmaline Flash Sale African Jade is a complexThe 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