Tiffany Opal Betrandite Slab! Lapidary Stone Slab! Moroccan Agatized Turritella and where this material comes

and where this material comes from

Agua Nueva has lots of variety

It is a pretty hard stone

and even pink

Some of the most captivating Kaleidoscope cabochons have been of the gold stripe variety

Tiffany Opal Betrandite Slab! Lapidary Stone Slab! Moroccan Agatized Turritella and where this material comesTiffany Stone is a form of Opal and Bertrandite, and is a super rare lapidary material from Utah. It is generally a purple, white, and black opal, but it can also more rarely have blue and orange! To my knowledge, it is now a private government owned mine, with Tiffany Opal being mined and crushed for the precious Bertrandite beryllium metal within! Beryllium is often used in aerospace and rocket manufacturing, due to it being a light weight metal