Raw White Fire Opal

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Raw white fire opal.

Fire opal is prone to damage from everyday wear due to its low hardness on mohs scale around 6 to 6 5. Fire opal also has a low tenacity which means that it can easily be chipped or broken. Fire opal is best used in jewelry such as earrings pins and pendants that usually are not subjected to rough wear. It is brittle and scratches easily which is why it needs to be handled with particular care and is best used in earrings or pendants instead of on rings for example.

Favorite add to. Rare raw white fire opal 8 4ct crystal specimen perfect for jewelry mexico item o20106 exoticcrystals. They make good cabochon opals. The most common raw fire.

Because of their pale body tone white opals generally have less vibrant colour than boulder opals and black opals. The virgin valley opal fields of humboldt county in northern nevada produce a wide variety of precious black crystal white fire and lemon opal. The precious opal is hosted and found in situ within a subsurface horizon or zone of. Canterra matrix mexican fire opals are fiery opals that the mayans and aztecs used in mosaics and rituals.

Most of the precious opal is partial wood replacement. They called them quetzalitzlipyollitli or the bird of paradise. Fire opals can come either with or without a play of color or fire. Aaa grade raw opal welo opal rough opal crystal multi fire opal rough jewelry making natural ethiopian opal raw stone white opal rough opalminersshop.

If a fire opal is set into a ring a setting especially designed to protect the stone from abrasion and impact is recommended. 4 5 out of 5 stars 26 26. There are 8501 raw fire opal for sale on etsy and they cost 29 21 on average. Mexican fire opals formed in white to soft tone brown potch are known for their beautiful orange crystals.

While an opal is opaque and white displaying an iridescent play of colors in every color of the rainbow the mexican fire opal is transparent to translucent with a uniform red orange yellow or brownish body color. 17 743 all rough opal 47 american opal rough 531 andamooka opal rough 2 066 black opal rough 5 265 boulder opal rough 39 brazilian opal rough 763 coober pedy white opal rough 378 crystal opal rough 386 dark opal semi black opal rough 2 624 ethiopian opal rough 129 fairy opal rough 4 honduran opal rough 555 koroit opal rough 184 lambina opal. Often white opals will have white potch colourless opal left on the back of the stone however sometimes the entire stone will consist of colourful opal.