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Since holy water can be associated with exorcisms, many readers took this to mean that opals were demonic or bad luck, and within a year after publication of Scott’s book, opal sales in Europe ...
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Opals too thin to produce a "natural" opal may be combined with other materials to form "composite" gems. An opal doublet consists of a relatively thin layer of precious opal, backed by a layer of dark-colored material, most commonly ironstone, dark or black common opal (potch), onyx, or obsidian. The darker backing emphasizes the play of color ...
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In fact, as it gets darker around the opal, the opal appears ever more vibrant. The stone's vivid and sparkly nature is in stark contrast to Coober Pedy, Australia where it was discovered.
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A rare "super pod" of more than 1,500 dolphins have been captured on video frolicking and enjoying the waters off the central coast of California. Video footage captured by Capt. Evan Brodsky of ...
The Koroit opal field is known for the very distinctive type of boulder opal that is found in its mines. In Queensland boulder opal is found within a 300 km wide belt of sedimentary rocks in the Winton Formation. Here opal is found as a kernel in small concretions. [1] The Koroit Opal field was discovered in 1897 by Lawrence Rostron.