Larvikite Natural 6mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Small Rocky Butte Jasper is mined

Rocky Butte Jasper is mined in Oregon and may have either dendritic or landscape qualities

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

orthorhombic crystals or in massive form

It was originally found in the Ural mountains of Russia

it offers a way to work a neutral color into your designs

Larvikite Natural 6mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Small Rocky Butte Jasper is minedThe 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