ELE-LARV-02 Origin: Norway Grade: A Dimensions: 50mm Weight: Approximately 28g Origin: Norway Grade: A = good Very beautiful elephant in larvikite (granite) of 40mm. Colors and patterns may vary from one piece to another. The first traces of larvikite date back more than 295 million years BC, during the Permian period. The exact date of its discovery is unknown. The main deposits of this stone are located in the Larvik region of Norway, hence its name larvikite. Waldemar Cristofer Brogger, a Norwegian geologist (1851 - 1940), identified larvikite for the first time and described it in his work "The eruptive rocks of the Oslo region" published in 1894.