Mexican Velvet Obsidian Lapidary Stone Slab Slice Cut Rock Aurora Borealis fish egg patterns

fish egg patterns

Here is a gorgeous box of Mexican Rainbow Obsidian

and its easy to see why

Appears to have a spray on polish on both sides

we love to grind and polish the ends and to keep them as display pieces

Mexican Velvet Obsidian Lapidary Stone Slab Slice Cut Rock Aurora Borealis fish egg patternsThe first three photos were taken in direct sunlight to bring out the color. Mexican Velvet Obsidian is one of my personal favorites in the Obsidian World. Velvet Obsidian has a lovely velvety display of flashes of color, often green, gold, and purple. It makes some fantastic cabs and can be fun to cut and work with. This material use to be shipped in by the dump truck, however, that was around the 1960s and modernly the mine is same as tapped out,