@nat-expressions recently started a weekly challenge called #fridaysrock! And while Friday's really do rock, the challenge is to share your favorite rocks and minerals.
Today I want to share my slab of Tiffany Stone that was cut by my favorite and very generous rock hound friend @rt395. I learned from Erik that Tiffany Stone is very rare.
Isn't it a great color?
Also called Opal Fluorite, Tiffany Stone is only found at one location on Earth, on Spor Mountain, in the Brush-Wellman mine in Utah. It's a remote location on the border of the Utah Badlands
I believe Erik still has some Tiffany Stone for sale in his Etsy shop.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Rt395Minerals and in Japan at https://www.rt395mineralsjp.com
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Whoa what a very beautiful rock! You know how
much I love them lol, thank you for letting me know
you have posted such a eye catcher! 💎
@rt395's rocks are awesome and so is he :-)
Last year when I started steemit, I won his Turquoise
rock! Which is sitting right here on the desk.
Some tiffany stone would look good next to it!
Cool new tag! I guess I was blinded by the rock that
@nat-expressions put up last friday and didn't see
the tag, well now I know lol, Thank you 💕 @melinda010100!
I remember when you won that rock! I hope you do a post about it... It would be fun to see it again!
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howdy there melinda010100! wow look at that thing! I don't understans how that was made or why it looks like that, do you? It's super cool though!
https://steemit.com/geology/@rt395/mineral-mondays-30-tiffany-stone-30 Here is an old post where @rt395 gives more info.
hey Melinda how did you find this post? the thing is from 4 months ago! lol. It's a great one.
I was lucky that I had it bookmarked! (Another great feature of eSteem)
go to https://search.esteem.app/. Try searching for anything you want to find!
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hey there Melinda.. you mean find a post on steemit with this?
Yes. I typed in Hickok and this is a portion of what comes up.....
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howdy again Melinda! oh wow, now that is super cool. I guess I'm gonna have to check esteem out!
I liked the post
Thank you!
Exceptionally cool rock. Love that color @melinda010100
Isn't that a great color. I was thinking of giving some of these rocks that I have to my grandson's as a Christmas gift, but I think I may need to keep this one!
how are you @melinda010100 I really like to see your posts very interesting posts.
Thank you. Are there interesting rocks where you live?
if we are looking for sure there is
Perfeck
Thank you!
Very good post I like @melinda010100
Quite extraordinary piece of rock with very nice colour.
I love the idea of #fridayrock
I hope you will join in on the #fridaysrock fun!
Oh, yes, I will. I started making photos, but not yet happy with them. Still there is time till Friday. 😀
I can't wait to see them!
Thank you so much for joining in on #fridaysrock. Very cool rock!!! I have never heard of Tiffany Stone. Lots of interesting things going on in that.
wow, @melinda010100 this is a very interesting rock. So beautiful. I never heard of it.
I think the name is very fitting! It is so beautiful. My photos do not do it justice.
Amazing colors, looks like a stone sponge.
Thanks for letting us know where to find it, maybe ill plan a trip out there one day.
It sounds like Utah is a great place to go collecting!
@melinda010100
Yeah Utah looks amazing, I would be worried about the Uranium in the mines though.
Tailings piles are my kind of rock hunting... I have never liked being underground! Even tunnels on the highway freak me out! 🙄
@melinda010100
Tailings are good places to search, I see alot of people doing that at Graves Mountain. Hah yeah tunnels can kill, I try to stay out of areas that can cave in.
Is Graves Mt. In Georgia?
@melinda010100
Yep sure is, in Lincoln county.
https://www.gamineral.org/ft/commercial/ftgravesmain.html