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  2. Opalite - Wikipedia

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    Opalite is a trade name for synthetic opalescent glass and various opal and moonstone simulants. Other names for this glass product include argenon, sea opal, opal moonstone, and other similar names. [1] [2] It is also used to promote impure varieties of variously colored common opal. [1]

  3. Opal - Wikipedia

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    The resulting material is distinguishable from natural opal by its regularity; under magnification, the patches of color are seen to be arranged in a "lizard skin" or "chicken wire" pattern. Furthermore, synthetic opals do not fluoresce under ultraviolet light. Synthetics are also generally lower in density and are often highly porous.

  4. Slocum stone - Wikipedia

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    Slocum stone (sometimes sold as "Slocum opal") is an early opal simulant which was briefly popular prior to the introduction of synthetics and less expensive simulants. [1] It was named after its inventor, John L. Slocum (1920–1998) [2] of Rochester, Michigan. [3] John Slocum experimented during the 1960s with various methods.

  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. Gemstone - Wikipedia

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    Synthetic (lab created) corundum, including ruby and sapphire, is very common and costs much less than the natural stones. Small synthetic diamonds have been manufactured in large quantities as industrial abrasives, although larger gem-quality synthetic diamonds are becoming available in multiple carats. [57]

  7. Foil opal - Wikipedia

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    Foil opals are simulated opal gemstones that first came into vogue during the jewelry-making boom of the late-Victorian era. Across Europe and the United States, these faux gemstones joined their paste counterparts (simulated diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires made from glass) as the need for jewelry outstripped both gemstone availability and nouveau middle-class budgets.

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    Agents on patrol discovered two backpacks stuffed with more than $1.1 million worth of cocaine in Washington state near the border with Canada, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday.

  9. Jack Nicholson, 87, Seen in Rare Photo While Sharing a ...

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    Jack Nicholson spent some quality time with his loved ones over the holiday season.. In an Instagram post shared by his daughter Lorraine Nicholson on Thursday, Jan. 2, the actor, 87, was captured ...

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