The raw material for this absolute rarity comes from Greenland.
In stone medicine, the Siderite (iron spar) are assigned the themes of constancy, patience & strength for difficult times, equanimity and going out.
The first discovery of cryolite was in 1799 in Ivittuut (Greenland) by Peder Christian Abildgaard (1740-1801), who also named the newly discovered mineral. The name cryolite is composed of the Greek words "kryos" (frost, ice) and "lithos" (stone) and alludes to the appearance of the mineral. Spellings like cryolite, chryolite, chriolite or criolite are therefore not correct.
Bore 2.2mm, size of the stones about 2.5cm to 2.8cm