Opalized Fluorite
One of the most scarce, beautiful and unusual stones in the world, this stone only comes from one very small area of beryllium mines in the Utah west desert where they mine (the 4th lightest element) beryllium for use in missile nose cones and many other high-tech metallurgical uses. It is not open to the public for collecting and very little of this material sees anything other than the ore crusher to extract the about 1% to 2% beryllium contained in the opal tuff. Try to find this exquisite gemstone and you'll see that it's not only very rare, it is very scarce. It is a soft to hard opalized stone that forms in very small to 100+ pound "nodules", composed of predominantly opalized fluorite (blues, purples and whites), often with many other minerals such as quartz, dolomite, rhodonite, manganese, beryllium and other surprises. It often has a "crackled" appearance and is sometimes called "Tiffany Stone", "Bertrandite" "Purple Opal" or "Ice Cream Opalite". I call it Opal-Fluorite.

UPDATE: I am now out of the lower grade bulk material with not allot of the higher grades as well. There is no more of this available where I used to dig it so the price has gone up and soon there will be no more available.

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Opal Fluorite rough mystery nodules
This is a VERY LIMITED OFFERING for 1 pound lots of select untouched trim saw sized nodules.
I rarely sell these uncut nodules because what's inside is a mystery until you cut them - this is your best chance to find something very special without paying top shelf prices! There is some risk of getting some duds, but I have found some of my very best material in these. GOOD LUCK!
The pictures are an example of sizes and looks of a one pound lot and not the actual stones you will receive - but each lot will be hand selected to try to make sure you get stones with good potential - just keep in mind that it's nearly impossible to tell until you cut them.
1 pound untouched "mystery nodules"- ~~$30.00~~ SALE $20.00 + SHIPPING OUT OF STOCK
Attention: Please choose the $6.00 boxed SHIPPING option for this item - add $2.00 for each additional 1 pound lot. Please contact me first for larger orders.