Tiffany Opal Betrandite Slab! Lapidary Stone Slab! Mosasaur Origin of this incredible specimen

Origin of this incredible specimen is unknown

Howardite is a very popular and gorgeous material from Nevada

is a form of Jasper that comes from the Crazy Lace Mines in Mexico

Mookaite is an Australian Jasper found near Mooka Creek in the Kennedy Range

and can generally be removed with water and a toothbrush

Tiffany Opal Betrandite Slab! Lapidary Stone Slab! Mosasaur Origin of this incredible specimenTiffany Stone is a form of Opal and Betrandite, 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 Betrandite beryllium metal within! Beryllium is often used in aerospace and rocket manucfacturing, due to it being a light weight metal with