Opal
Pear-Shaped Black Opal from Lightning Ridge – Green-Orange
This pear-shaped black opal from Lightning Ridge is listed in a green-orange colour range.
CHF 199,50
| Gemstone | Black Opal |
| Origin | Lightning Ridge |
| Shape | Pear |
| Colour | Green - Orange |
| Size | 7.8x5.2 mm |
| Weight | 0.42 ct |
| Article number | 2504 |
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About Black Opal
Black opal is opal with a dark grey, brown or black body tone; the body colour does not itself guarantee strong play-of-colour. Its flashes arise when regularly arranged microscopic silica spheres diffract light, producing shifting patches of blue, green, yellow, orange or red. The material is hydrated, amorphous silica rather than a crystal, with variable water content. It ranges from translucent to opaque, and an even dark…
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