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Opale Noire

Black opal

Presentation :

Names) :

  • Opal: Noble opal, Fire opal, White opal, Chocolate opal, Common opal, Black opal, Boulder opal, Matrix opal, Forcherite, Quincyite, etc.

Etymology:

  • Opalus was the Latin name for this gem, probably derived from the ancient Indian upala=precious stone. The Greek word opallios literally means “to see a change of color”.

Color :

  • Play of colors (Noble Opal) on background: Colorless, White, Brown, (Ethiopian Opal / Chocolate Opal), Black (Black Opal) or on rocky matrix (Matrix Opal, Boulder Opal) | Without color scheme: White, Gray, Light Blue (Peru) to Dark Blue, Orange to Red-Magenta (Fire Opal), Pink (Quincyite), Yellow to Dark Yellow (Forcherite), Dark Magenta, Apple Green, Light Green to Dark green, Blue-purple, Violet, Brown, Black, sometimes Multicolored but without color play; Opalescence (Common Opal), sometimes Chatoyance.

Chandelier:

  • Resinous, Fat.

Origin :

  • Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Ethiopia, Czech Republic, Peru, France (Pink Quincyite from Quincy; Blue Opal from Biot), Siberia, etc.

Crystal system:

  • Amorphous | Pseudomorph of opalized fossils.

Chemical composition :

  • SiO2.nH2O Typically 1 to 21% water in common opal and typically 6 to 10% water in "precious" opal. | Coloring: Play of color: Diffraction of light by the regular stacking of silica spheres. | Blue: Inclusion of Chrysocolla or Copper, etc. | Green: Inclusion of nickel-bearing clays, etc. | Yellow: Inclusion of arsenic sulfide, etc. | Orange to Red: Inclusion of Hydrated Iron Oxides or Hematite, etc. | Pink: Inclusion of pink sepiolite colored by fossil quinones, inclusion of cinnabar, etc.

Transparency:

  • Transparent, Translucent, Opaque.

Density :

  • 1.97 to 2.50.

Hardness :

  • 5.5 to 6.5.

Cleavage:

  • Null.

Breakage:

  • Conchoidal, Scaly.

Line color:

  • White.

Shock resistance: 

  • Fragile.

Heat resistance: 

  • Bad.

Properties and virtues:

Physical virtues:

  • Protects the entire body.
  • Promotes sleep.
  • Detoxifying, it helps purify the liver and blood.
  • Stimulates the production of blood cells (leukemia).
  • Actively treats the bladder and kidneys.
  • Helps fight infections.
  • Treats allergies.
  • Treats lung area and lung infections.
  • Treats and prevents gallstone problems.
  • Dissolves fibroids.
  • Treats the nervous system.
  • Promotes blood circulation.
  • Regulates insulin production.
  • Treats joint rheumatism.
  • Helps reduce fever.
  • Stimulates memory and energetically stabilizes neurotransmitter disturbances, such as Parkinson's disease.
  • Stimulates the pineal and pituitary glands.
  • Beneficial for eyesight.
  • develops our senses and our faculties.
  • Treats problems related to digestion and gastric disorders.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

  • Balance of Yin and Yang
  • Helps heal emotional wounds and recover from heartbreak.
  • Gives courage to shy people, releasing inhibitions.
  • Promotes and strengthens sentimental relationships.
  • Gives confidence and reinforces the feeling of loyalty.
  • Stimulates creativity, inspiration and originality.
  • Promotes and facilitates communication and exchanges with others.
  • Promotes sleep by fighting insomnia.
  • Promotes premonitory dreams, clear visions of the future.
  • Calms and soothes agitated or irritated people.
  • Helps you keep your cool and not get angry for nothing.
  • Gives more love, tenderness and wisdom to its wearer.
  • Encourages you to think and act wisely.
  • Stimulates reflection and promotes discernment.
  • Brings joy of life and promotes optimism and enthusiasm.
  • Combats stress and anxiety.

Spiritual virtues:

  • Allows you to increase clairvoyance.
  • Promotes grounding and meditation.
  • Allows you to reach very high levels of spirituality in meditation.
  • Promotes intuition.
  • Favors internalization to better understand one's deep self, and thus, be better guided and oriented in life.
  • Helps to overcome spiritual pride.
  • Promotes contact with higher spirits and angels.
  • Allows you to travel deep within yourself to heal or regress into past lives. For soul smugglers, it facilitates the passage of spirits and ghosts to higher realms.

Chakra:

  • Crown chakra, 7th Ch.
  • 3rd Eye Chakra, 6th Ch.

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