Mexican Velvet Obsidian Lapidary Stone Slab Slice Cut Rock C Grade Oregon Thundereggs When cut right

When cut right

Apple Valley Agate is collected by sheep herding nomads in the Sahara desert

with some great high contrast patterns and outlines

it becomes easy to spot the difference

and this is a chance to be one of the first people to work this new material

Mexican Velvet Obsidian Lapidary Stone Slab Slice Cut Rock C Grade Oregon Thundereggs When cut rightThe 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,