Top 10 Most Beautiful and Fascinating Opals Around the World

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Dear viewers! Today we will traditionally talk about one of the most beautiful stones — OPAL STONE — The queen of all gemstones. • Opal stone is a gem, colored as space, rainbow, and it indeed relates to something extraordinarily magical. • Opal stone doesn’t have any crystal structure that other natural minerals possess. It ranks low on the Mohs scale of hardness. • It is impossible to ignore the beautiful dance of colors that happens with every movement, called the opalescence effect. • Rainbow modulations, changing at the smallest rotation of the opal stone, are caused by the refraction of light to submicroscopic particles of silica. • The opals that experience such effects are called noble and go to the category of precious stones. • There are many different types of natural opals viz., Ethiopian, matrix, Harlequin, Contra-luz, Morado, Andamooka, and Honduran Opal. • Ethiopian Opal Stones • Australia has been the dominant power in the opal market for over 100 years. During the early time, as much as 95% of the standard opal production has been worked in Australia. • Today, Ethiopia is on its way to developing the second largest opal market in the world. • A small discovery in 1994 has put Ethiopia on the universal opal map. This achievement was followed by some evident developments in 2008 and 2013. • These are now producing beautiful precious Opal, fire opal, and black Opal with spectacular play-of-color in a variety of patterns and textures. • Ethiopian opals are not only attractive, but they usually cost less than similar-quality Opal from Australia. • Opal from this area occurs in a wide range of colors. Mostly, these Opals are of brown, red, or orange-colored, but yellow, white, and transparent colors are also very common. • Sources: • 1) https://www.opalauctions.com • 2) https://nayturr.com/types-of-opals/ • 3) The World of Opals: Eckert, Allan W. • 4) https://www.gemologyonline.com/books8... • 5) https://store.nationalopal.com/catego... • 6) https://www.opalemio.com/en/content/1... • Credits to: • 1) Pulitzer Opal • 2) Discovery Australia • #AndrewPidor #Pulitzer Opal

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