Opal

OpalThere have been some very attractive and impressive Fire Opals that have come out of Ethiopia. Originally, the only locality we had was Wello Welo Wollo, but now we know they're specifically coming from Tsehay Mewcha. These gems rival the famous high quality Mexican stones for color, gemminess and the ever popular "Contra Luz" effect. This "Trillion Brilliant" cut gem has a beautiful colorless interior in transmitted light, but in reflected light it

which gives the crystal a two-tone appearance

rich red-orange colored doubly terminated "sword"-shaped crystals dramatically set atop transparent

The side and base of the piece shows the square cross-section of the once preexisting Anhydrite crystal that was the base for the cast

A showy and aesthetic miniature display specimen featuring a handful of sharp

Here we have an exceptionally hard to find Sapphire crystal from the Chumar Ruby Mines in Nepal

gemmy to translucent

Specimen# CO712B163

the matrix comprises additional sharp

Beautiful material

Specimen #VIVBOL81804

this stone has Quantum / Concave faceting underneath which gives the gem more light return than traditional faceting which is combined with swirling crown facets and no actual table to speak of

blue color cubic crystals of this hard-to-find species on matrix