#oregon opal

[little-wonder-witch]

My presents to me arrived! 😍❤️✨ Some Oregon Opal, Fluorite Grandidierite, Moldavite and Honduran Opal!!!

[vividblues]

Insanely lucky beach treasures found yesterday including a coral fossil in the shape of beautiful tits, blue carnelian, rose quartz, oregon opal && sand dollars!! I’ve never found a sand dollar or even seen one without drag holes before - I found 5 total (3 were broken but 2 survived) within a 10 minute span right before leaving the beach…. wtf?!

Life has sucked so much lately, maybe it’s a sign from the sea?

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[baptizedinpiss]

Opals are my birthstone n this thing is one of the most impressive pieces ive seen in person. Big ass stump of fossilized opalized wood... about 2 and a half to 3 feet in diameter. Fucking amazing. (at Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals)

[happymedium4eco]

Black brings out the deeply rich colors of this raw Oregon Fire Opal! The design posses a dark elegance to it while being earth and grounding. An 18 inch cable chain allows the pendant to be worn with grace. 🔥 Order this necklace in the @HappyMedium4eco store for $35 USD plus shipping 🌎 ➡️➡️ https://www.etsy.com/listing/545817984/oregon-fire-opal-raw-fire-opal-necklace ⬅️⬅️ ✨Opal✨ ~Stone of inspiration, imagination, and creativity ~Brings happy dreams ~Eases the process of change ~Amplifies and clarifies emotions ~Increased visualization, spontaneity, psychic vision ~Lessens inhibitions ~Strengthens will to life ~Balances human psyche ~Programmable with magic and intentions ~Powerful manifestation stone Custom orders welcome 🍃🌚

[mandaladana]

Oregon opal sphere.

[bijoux-et-mineraux]

Oregon Opal sphere

[thewightknight]

At first glance, it looks like something from a sci-fi films - an entire nebula trapped inside a stone.

However, in fact the incredible object is an opal, found in Oregon.

It was sold by auction house Bonhams for $20,000, described as 'suitable for mounting as a stunning and unique pendant.'

'The clear, transparent crystal body having a fine, firey play-of-color that is gem quality,' the auction house said.

Contraluz is opal where you see the play of colors suspended inside by illuminating the back of the stone.

In most opal the light has to fall on the front of the stone to see the play of fire.

'The piece has a botryoidal jasper formation which forms a unique inclusion,' Bonhams said.

The 'nebula' inside is caused by Jasper, a microcrystalline variety of the mineral Quartz.

It often contains an abundance of impurities, and therefore some regard it as a rock instead of a mineral.

Weighing approximately 119.0 carats, it measures 46.0 x 44.0 x 10.1mm.

The Opal was mined in Opal Butte, Oregon.

The deposit at Opal Butte has been known since the late 1800's.

Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica, and its water content may range from 3% to 21%.

It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most commonly found with limonite, sandstone, rhyolite, marl and basalt.

The national gemstone of Australia, which produces 97% of the world's supply, the internal structure of precious opal makes it diffract light; depending on the conditions in which it formed, it can take on many colors.

Precious opal ranges from clear through white, gray, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, magenta, rose, pink, slate, olive, brown, and black.

Of these hues, the reds against black are the most rare, whereas white and greens are the most common.

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[davidesky2]

Opal that looks uncannily like it's holding an underwater aquarium inside, from Inna Gem, via Twisted Sifter.