Opal Butte Specimen — Oregon Rhyolite, Golden Hues Dzi Bead Because the colouring runs right

Because the colouring runs right through the stone rather than sitting on the surface

not a natural feature

encouraging you to take responsibility for your own thoughts and feelings

though it is a different mineral entirely and softer to work

Opal Butte has been known to collectors since the late 1800s

Opal Butte Specimen — Oregon Rhyolite, Golden Hues Dzi Bead Because the colouring runs rightThis Opal Butte specimen comes from the Butte Mine in Morrow County, Oregon, one of only a handful of notable opal producing sites in the United States. Sitting on its natural rhyolite matrix, this piece is clear with soft golden hues, a stable specimen that shows the opal exactly as it formed in the volcanic rock around it. So what makes Opal Butte material distinctive? The opal here formed inside rhyolite geodes, sometimes called thundereggs, where