✨Opal comes from the Latin word Opalus, which means “the beauty of gems in one”. The ancient Roman natural scientist Pliny once said: “In a piece of Opal stone, you can see the ruby flame, amethyst-like color spots, emerald-like green sea, colorful, all in one, beautiful.
✨Opal, the unique splendor of the rainbow like scattered on earth, known as “God’s palette” and “Monet’s garden”, rich in color and one of a kind, with its special effect of color change and is known worldwide. It is famous for its special color-changing effect. Opal is the birthstone of October, and is believed to bring good luck because it brings together all the colors of the gemstones, symbolizing the rainbow 🌈, and bringing a bright future to the people.☀
✅Colors of Opal
➡The colors of the Opal encompass almost the entire spectrum of colors, they can present a single color, they can contain two or three colors, and they can even present a rainbow of colors. The colors of the opal are a combination of their own color and the swimming color.
➡The different colors of opal are caused by the suspension of tiny impurities between the silica spheres contained in opal. Different kinds of Opal have different colors, such as black opal color is dark, white opal、crystal and hydrophane opal are light tones, and fire opal is mostly a single color.
✅Types of Opal
There are many kinds of opal: black opal, white opal,boulder opal, fire opal, matrix opal, hydrophane opal, crystal opal and so on.
⚫️ Black opal: A precious opal of black or gray body color with metachromatic effect (bright color), a rare variety of opal. Opal is Australia’s national stone and October birthstone.
⚪️White opal: The body color is mainly white and gray, also known as “milk Opal”, a good white opal is the most intense color change, so the price of white Opal is also very high, second only to black Opal.
🔥 Fire opal: Translucent to opaque varieties with no or little variation in color, usually orange, orange-red, red, and brilliant red, with irregular shapes, of which bright red is more expensive in fire opal.
🟤Boulder opal: It refers to the color of the opal attached to the inseparable iron ore, very thin colored opal wrapped in the iron ore surface.
🟣Crystal Opal: The tone is transparent or translucent, and you can even see the objects behind it through Opal.
🔵Matrix opal: Opal that is distributed as a filling material in the pores or cavities of the host rock.
🔴Hydrophane opal: Transparent or nearly transparent, colorless, slightly yellowish opal with color-changing effect. Main production in Ethiopia (high transparency, can be slightly colored).
✅Origin of Opal
⛳As one of the precious gemstones, only a few countries and regions in the world have gem-grade Opal output. At present, the common Opal on the market is mainly produced in Australia, Mexico, Africa and other places.
⛳Australia produces white opal and black opal, Mexico produces transparent hydrophane opal and fire opal, and Ethiopia is also an important Opal producer.
🔔Care of Opal
🔊With a hardness of only 6, opal can be wiped and cleaned with a damp or dry cloth on a daily basis, and stored with a wet cotton ball or a dish of distilled water whenever possible to avoid cracking or splitting due to dehydration.
⚠️ Notes
❌The charm of Opal lies in its attractive color, improper maintenance may lose its luster!
❌Avoid direct sunlight or other strong light.
❌Avoid contact with any chemicals and detergents, including perfume, hairspray, etc.
❌Avoid ultrasonic cleaners and steam cleaners.
❌Avoid dry environment
If you are interested in Opal, the types of Opal will be explained in detail later
