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This tiffany stone sphere is very colorful and fluorescent. Tiffany stone is a beryllium ore although it only contains a very small percentage of beryllium. They mine the stone in Utah, USA for the beryllium but some of the stone makes it to the rock and gem market (in my opinion not nearly enough).
Other names for Tiffany Stone are opalized fluorite and bertrandite. The Stone is primarily composed of fluorite and it may include small amounts of quartz, chalcedony, and other minerals such as opal, calcite, dolomite, and bertrandite.
Dale made the sphere and his workmanship is excellent. However, there are surface imperfections, some porocity, and vugs, not uncommon for this material due to the dissimilar hardnesses of the various minerals involved.
The sphere is very colorful with lots of purple, yellow, pink, and others. See more photos of this sphere below.
The sphere is also fluorescent. The chalcedony glows a beautiful and vivid green under short wave UV and mostly on about half of the ball. It is also somewhat fluorescent under long wave UV (but not as intense).
The sphere weighs about 1.7 lbs and it has about 3.25″ diameter (82.4mm).
Origin: Tiffany stone is mined in one location and that is Spor Mountain in Western Utah, USA.
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Price: $450.00.
