Matte Larvikite 8mm Rondelle Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE Strawberry this gemstone in its polished

this gemstone in its polished state looks like what it would be like to capture smoke in a stone -- bottomless black mixed with white wisps

Black Spinel not only has the dark color

A Manganese inosilicate (or chain silicate)

When tumbled it can have the look of polished steel

Matte Larvikite 8mm Rondelle Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE Strawberry this gemstone in its polishedThe 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