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High cabochon oval cut Mexican fire opal with a very intense orange background and a good play of green and blue colors. Excellent transparency.
Fire opal
High cabochon oval cut Mexican fire opal with a very intense orange background and a good play of green and blue colors. Excellent transparency.
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€165.00
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Product Details
P12P92
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Data sheet
- TYPE AND TONE
- Solid 1 - Natural opal
- OPAL CATEGORY
- Fire opal
- COUNTRY
- Mexico
- WEIGHT IN CARATS
- 3,73
- DIMENSIONS
- 10,27 X 9,57 X 6,77 mm
The fire opal is characterized by an intense more or less homogeneous color that goes from saffron yellow to orange, up to cherry red. The Mexican opal is water repellent and owes its colors to the presence of traces of iron oxide. For hundreds of years the ancient Mayan and Aztec tribes collected opals near extinct volcanoes. It was called 'Quetzalitzlipyollitli' or 'Bird of Paradise stone' and used in rituals and ornaments. Fire opal is mainly mined in the mines of Mexico while small quantities are also found in Australia and Ethiopia.
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