Larvikite 6mm Faceted Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch 6-Dec Rhodonite belongs to the Pyroxenoid

Rhodonite belongs to the Pyroxenoid group of minerals

AKA- Norena Jasper

black or brown veins running through it in web-like patterns

Hematite is an iron oxide and one of the few gemstones with a metallic luster

while maintaining the wood's original structure

Larvikite 6mm Faceted Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch 6-Dec Rhodonite belongs to the PyroxenoidThe 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