Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch Change Moonstone is said to increase

Moonstone is said to increase intuition

being found in metamorphic and pegma

and those that still exist today have been passed down for generations

Naturally occurring in hues of blue-green to green with spots and streaks of red

It sometimes features dark brown to black dendritic inclusions that branch like tiny tree limbs through the stone

Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch Change Moonstone is said to increaseThe 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