Tiffany Stone
Tiffany-Stein, Камень Тиффани, ティファニー岩石
("Bertrandite", "Ice Cream Opal", "Opalite", "Opalized Fluorite", "Utah Lavender")
Commonly known
rarer (so called collectors stones)
very rare (rarities)
relatively rare organic material
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Tiffany stone is a varying mixture of opalized fluorite and elements resp. minerals like anhydrite, beryllium,
calcite, chalcedony, cobalt, dolomite, feldspar, manganese oxide, quartz and rhodonite
Mohs scale: 4 - 8 Colors: mainly violet, blue and white. Additional colors can be yellow, orange, brown - not green Transparency: opaque Luster: variable Deposits: Brush-Wellman Beryllium Mining (closed to collectors), Spor Mountain Lavender Mines / Spor Mt. / Juab County / Utah / USA Discovery: 1969 Name: from its pattern which sometimes reminds one of Tiffany lamps because of the black veins of manganese oxide, combined with various mineral colors |
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Tiffany Stone
Origin: Brush-Wellman Beryllium Mining / Spor Mountain / Juab County / Utah / USA Photo by kind permission of © www.stonemania.co.uk |
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Tiffany Stone rough, partially cut and polished
Size: appr. 12 x 15 cm Origin: Spor Mountain / Juab County / Utah / USA Photo by kind permission of © www.metaphysical-store.com |
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Tiffany Stone rough, partially cut and polished
Size: appr. 10 x 10 cm Origin: Spor Mountain / Juab County / Utah / USA Photo by kind permission of © www.metaphysical-store.com |
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Tiffany Stone
Size: 1.9 x 1.23 cm Weight: 10.49 ct Origin: Spor Mountain / Juab County / Utah / USA Photo by kind permission of © www.steveperrygems.com |
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