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Product Description
Candy Opal aka Bacon Opal Unpolished Rough Rock
This lovely Candy Opal unpolished rough rock is 6.25 inches by 2 inches and 1.7 inches thick.
It weighs .82 lbs. and is shown wet in the first 4 pictures.
Candy Opal is a colorful striped gemstone material that is found in western Utah, in the Thomas Mountain Range near the city of Milford in Beaver County.
The semiprecious stone is slightly translucent (usually in the clear bands!) and have red, white, pink and yellow stripes.
Opal that is mostly opaque, with no play of color, is actually quite common. Opal is a hydrated silica material and it has a hardness of 5.5 to 6.5.
Candy Opal aka Bacon Opal comes from the Milford Opal mine, which was leased from the state and was offered for fee mining, but that claim was closed in May 2018.
As of December of 2019, Mark and Pam Marriott of Rock Dreams LLC have the claim and are again doing pay for digs. The claim is called the Bubble Opal Claim and the material is also called Bubble Opal, Halite Opal, Lace Opal and Wildfire Opal.
Metaphysical Properties of Candy Opal: Candy Opal (or Common Opal) is said to be a calming stone that soothes the emotional body and promotes a more positive outlook.
