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Tiffany Stone Polished Rock Collector Utah
This Tiffany Stone polished rock is slabbed and polished on one face, left natural rough elsewhere.
Tiffany Stone is known for its great purple coloring, this unusual piece is orange and black!
The polished stone face is 3.45 inches by 2.56 inches wide, the rock is 3.26 inches wide) and it is 2.16 inches thick and weighs 1 pound.
It sits nice at a slant for great display and could be recut!
Tiffany Stone is a semiprecious that is also called Bertrandite and is actually an Opalized Fluorite, or an Opalite.
Tiffany Stone is found in only one place in the world, at the Brush Wellman Beryllium Mine near Delta, in Western Utah.
Tiffany Stone is found in nodules, some quite large, and they often have a white soft rind. In addition to Opalized Fluorite, this material may include chalcedony, manganese, dolomite and of course bertrandite, which contains the mineral Beryllium.
The Brush Wellman Mine was founded in the 1960's for Beryllium, a metallic element. Beryllium is used in military, aerospace, and medical industries. This location is one of the very few sources in the world. Unfortunately most of the Tiffany Stone is crushed in the mining process. The material is not commercially collected and any material that is found is usually old stock that was brought out by the miners.
Rumor has it that the name either comes from its beautiful purple color and a reference to Tiffany glass lamp shades, or because one of the miners had a daughter named Tiffany.
Metaphysical Properties of Tiffany Stone: Tiffany Stone is said to help emotionally when going through changes. It is also said to help with business and career success!
