No. 94211748

Cts 3.85 Natural Ethiopian Opals - Faceted - Height: 9 mm - Width: 7 mm- 0.77 g
No. 94211748

Cts 3.85 Natural Ethiopian Opals - Faceted - Height: 9 mm - Width: 7 mm- 0.77 g
A collection of Natural white Ethiopian Wello Faceted Opals with play-of-colour effect.
Clarity: transparent;
Dimensions: mm 9X7X4;
Treatment: None.
An opal is a hydrated form of silica with a water content ranging from 3 to 21%. Indeed, it is this permeability to water that makes it a hydrophile.
Opals are deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most commonly found with limonite, sandstone, rhyolite, marl, and basalt. Only precious opals show a variable interplay of internal colors.
At microscopic scales, precious opal is composed of silica spheres some 150 to 300 nm in diameter in a hexagonal or cubic close-packed lattice. These ordered silica spheres produce the internal colors by causing the interference and diffraction of light passing through the microstructure of the opal.
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