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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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<blockquote data-quote="MegsyB007" data-source="post: 653145" data-attributes="member: 13534"><p>Didn't I see some Aussies finding orange fire opal on 'Aussie Opal Hunters' in WA?</p><p></p><p>There are a lot of stones called 'opal' that do not match my idea of an opal. </p><p>Maybe I'm just spoiled from my grandfather showing me spectacular opals he'd mined, cut and polished, throughout my life.</p><p>I see boring orange fire opal and scoff!</p><p></p><p>And then there's the pink and blue opal found in Peru, that doesn't look like opal at all to me!</p><p></p><p>Here's a list of all the types of opals (or what they call opals) that is quite informative, if you're interested.</p><p>Although I must say the boring blue example of black opal is not the best specimen to show the play of colour of spectacular Lightning Ridge black opal.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://geology.com/gemstones/opal/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Megsy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MegsyB007, post: 653145, member: 13534"] Didn't I see some Aussies finding orange fire opal on 'Aussie Opal Hunters' in WA? There are a lot of stones called 'opal' that do not match my idea of an opal. Maybe I'm just spoiled from my grandfather showing me spectacular opals he'd mined, cut and polished, throughout my life. I see boring orange fire opal and scoff! And then there's the pink and blue opal found in Peru, that doesn't look like opal at all to me! Here's a list of all the types of opals (or what they call opals) that is quite informative, if you're interested. Although I must say the boring blue example of black opal is not the best specimen to show the play of colour of spectacular Lightning Ridge black opal. [URL unfurl="true"]https://geology.com/gemstones/opal/[/URL] Cheers, Megsy [/QUOTE]
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❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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