Mexican Velvet Obsidian Lapidary Stone Slab Slice Cut Rock Aurora Borealis setting flat with the fossil

setting flat with the fossil specimen at the highest point for detail

Here is a gorgeous box of Mexican Rainbow Obsidian

They small to medium sized predators and their remains are commonly found as fossils

It has a unique complexion of green and red

and its easy to see why

Mexican Velvet Obsidian Lapidary Stone Slab Slice Cut Rock Aurora Borealis setting flat with the fossilThe 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,