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  2. Opal - Wikipedia

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    The brightness of the fire in opal ranges on a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 being the brightest) [14] "Girasol opal" is a term sometimes mistakenly and improperly used to refer to fire opals, as well as a type of transparent to semitransparent type milky quartz from Madagascar which displays an asterism, or star effect when cut properly.

  3. List of individual gemstones - Wikipedia

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    Andamooka Opal, presented to Queen Elizabeth II, also known as the Queen's Opal; Flame Queen Opal; Galaxy Opal; Halley's Comet Opal, the world's largest uncut black opal; Olympic Australis Opal, reported to be the largest and most valuable gem opal ever found

  4. Fire of Australia opal - Wikipedia

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    The opal is just under 5,000 carats; roughly equivalent in size to two cricket balls. [1] Although rough-cut, it is polished on two sides. [3]Due to the evaporation of an inland sea several million years ago, South Australia is one of the few places on Earth where opals of this size can be created.

  5. World's most expensive opal literally glows in the dark - AOL

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    Meet the "Virgin Rainbow" – perhaps the finest and certainly the most expensive opal on record. It literally glows in the dark. In fact, as it gets darker around the opal, the opal appears ...

  6. Opalescence - Wikipedia

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    Each of the three notable types of opal – precious, common, and fire [3] – display different optical effects; therefore, the intended meaning varies depending on context. The general definition of opalescence is a milky iridescence displayed by an opal, which describes the visual effect of precious opal very well, and opalescence is ...

  7. Flame Queen Opal - Wikipedia

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    The Flame Queen Opal is perhaps the best-known example of "eye-of-opal", an eye-like effect created when opal in-fills a cavity. [ 1 ] The Flame Queen's flat central raised dome flashes red or gold depending on the angle of view, and is surrounded by a band of deep blue-green, giving the stone an appearance somewhat like that of a fried egg.

  8. List of minerals - Wikipedia

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    Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie stilbite Aquamarine variety of beryl with tourmaline on orthoclase Arsenopyrite from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals Austinite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Ametrine ...

  9. Magnesite - Wikipedia

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    These magnesites are often cryptocrystalline and contain silica in the form of opal or chert. Magnesite is also present within the regolith above ultramafic rocks as a secondary carbonate within soil and subsoil, where it is deposited as a consequence of dissolution of magnesium-bearing minerals by carbon dioxide in groundwaters.