I Bet You Came Here Looking For Opals

To go alongside our SECOND PODCAST that introduces the complex world of Opals are some images to help wrap things up for you!

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Antique-style world map titled Opal Sources, marking Idaho, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Ethiopia and Australia

Opal Sources Worldwide

$Diagram of precious opal on ironstone, showing how silica spheres of 0.20, 0.25 and 0.32 microns diffract blue, green and red light$

In order for Opal to have the precious play-of-color Silica molecules must settle in such a way for light to pass through.

Collage of opal mining photographs: open pits, shafts, and miners holding freshly dug rough

Australian Opal Mines

Collage of opal in different forms, from rough nodules and a boulder opal seam to a finished pendant, bead necklace and ring

Pieces of Opal Rough. Also included is a variety of Opal types with different background colors and transparency levels.

Panel titled The Magic of Opals, listing folk beliefs that opals cure eye disease, balance the brain, instill faithfulness and good luck, enhance creativity, resolve depression, protect against the evil eye, dispel bad dreams and aid the search for true love

Promise Opals have plenty of Good Luck remedies too!

Black opal ring flashing blue and green play of colour, set in a claw setting with a diamond surround

To see any of our Opal pieces please go to https://www.parlegems.com/collection.php?id=1&collection=Opal