Raw White Fire Opal

The black fire opal is the official gemstone of nevada.

Raw white fire opal.

The virgin valley opal fields of humboldt county in northern nevada produce a wide variety of precious black crystal white fire and lemon opal. 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. They make good cabochon opals. Buy mexican fire opal.

Because here they come. The most common raw fire. 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. Mexican fire opals formed in white to soft tone brown potch are known for their beautiful orange crystals.

If a fire opal is set into a ring a setting especially designed to protect the stone from abrasion and impact is recommended. Rare raw white fire opal 8 4ct crystal specimen perfect for jewelry mexico item o20106 exoticcrystals. 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. Fire opals can come either with or without a play of color or fire.

5 out of 5 stars 7 027 7 027 reviews 22 50 free shipping only 1 available and it s in 2 people s carts. 4 5 out of 5 stars 26 26. Favorite add to. 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.

Aaa grade raw opal welo opal rough opal crystal multi fire opal rough jewelry making natural ethiopian opal raw stone white opal rough opalminersshop. The precious opal is hosted and found in situ within a subsurface horizon or zone of. There are 8501 raw fire opal for sale on etsy and they cost 29 21 on average. Fire opal is best used in jewelry such as earrings pins and pendants that usually are not subjected to rough wear.

They called them quetzalitzlipyollitli or the bird of paradise. Fire opal is prone to damage from everyday wear due to its low hardness on mohs scale around 6 to 6 5. Most of the precious opal is partial wood replacement.