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

and where this material comes from

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

and its certainly one you don't want to miss out on when you find

Measurements (inches - longest - approx): 3

and even pink

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