What if your October born loved one loves Opal -- their birthstone -- but doesn’t tend to wear jewelry? Why not get them a raw Opal, such as this Butte Opal Specimen that came to us from Oregon! It could be such a lovely fixture on a dresser, desk, shelf, etc! Opals are made out of rhyolite, basalt, sandstone, marl and rhyolite. A common source of opals are rhyolite geodes. The rocks, which means they have no properties of crystals, are known as mineraloids. As light enters the Opal, it bends around the edges of tiny particles of hydrated silica, "chips" of silicon and oxygen suspended in water within the stone. When it is diffracted, the light that is made up of all visible colors, each with its own wavelength, produces an entire rainbow of colors. Follow the tag to make it yours or gift it! #opal #opalspecimen #butteopal #rawopal #opalcrystal #octoberbirthstone #rawbirthstone #birthstones #gift #crystals #minerals #mineralcollection #crystalshop #crystalcollection #shop #nyc #unionsquare #beadsofparadise (at Beads of Paradise NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVV6sZrvBqH/?utm_medium=tumblr