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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