Larvikite - small tumble-polished stones of dark grey to black
not a single mineral - the reason no two beads repeat
where Greeks gathered it more than two thousand years ago
The one rule it asks is dryness: as an iron mineral it can tarnish in damp
A different sandalwood entirely
Blood Stone Crystal Bracelet Bead Size:10 mm Larvikite - small tumble-polished stonesBloodstone a deep green chalcedony crossed by red iron oxide spots, the stone the Greeks called heliotrope, the sun turner. Dark, earthy, marked like nothing else in the quartz family. From India, strung on elastic cord. The green is the chalcedony body; the red is iron oxide, the same mineral that reddens jasper, gathered into flecks and small veins a scatter of fine points on some stones, bold streaks on others, no two alike. Pliny described the