Larvikite 6mm Faceted Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Pink (Synthetic) 6X10mm Famous malachite mines in the

Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20 to ton blocks of the stone

Each bag will have a unique selection of stones: You bag could contain approximately the following:

Occurring in sizes ranging from a grain of sand to the size of an apple

but a form of natural Serpentine which is commonly referred to as Yellow Jade in the stone industry

Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn

Larvikite 6mm Faceted Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Pink (Synthetic) 6X10mm Famous malachite mines in theThe 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