Opal Honeycomb AAA Dominant Red 4.5 ct – Lightning Ridge- 0.9 g





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Black opal with a honeycomb pattern from Lightning Ridge, Australia, weighing 0.9 g (4.5 ct) and featuring a dominant red honeycomb pattern, ready for setting or collection.
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Dominant red Honeycomb pattern One-of-a-kind piece Red fire
From the depths of Lightning Ridge emerges this solid 4.5-carat black opal, precisely cut and blessed with a honeycomb pattern that defies logic. The dominant red burns like ancient fire, interwoven with greens and oranges that vibrate under direct light. Each cell seems to contain a fragment of a sleeping volcano.
This is not just a gem: it is a fragment of legend. Forged in the pact between fire and water, its hive pattern was, according to mythology, sculpted by the celestial bees of the goddess Melísa, guardians of divine nectar. This gem encases memory, transformation, and destiny.
- Origin: Lightning Ridge, Australia
- Color: Honeycomb Red Dominant
- Dimensions: 14mm x 10mm x 5mm
- Weight: 4.5 Ct
Condition: Professionally polished, ready for setting or collection.
Brand: #OpalWanted – Where every gem tells its myth
Short video available: See the chromatic fire in action.
https://youtube.com/shorts/wQ4HDXd_OGI?si4fU_YcKcFItMyIlV
"The Honeycomb Opal of the Solar Nest"
Mythological origin story. It is said that this opal was born in the Primordialis Alvearium, the cosmic honeycomb where the universe's first lights condensed into a gem. According to the ancient tales of the Custodians of Fire, every hexagonal cell of the Honeycomb pattern is not a simple mineral structure, but a fragment of trapped light, an echo of the first sparks that shaped the world.
The legend says that when the gods still walked among living mountains, the goddess Meliora, guardian of the rising Sun, shed a tear over a sacred hive upon seeing humanity lose its way. Her tear, touching the divine wax, crystallized into an opal that contained the geometry of order and chaos, a secret map of universal balance.
That's why those who wear a Honeycomb opal don't just carry a gem: they carry a talisman of alignment, a reminder that even the oldest light can arrange itself into perfect patterns when it finds a purpose.
It is said that, under the sun, the opal awakens and shows the colors of the original dawn, the dawn that only the gods witnessed. And that, in the hands of a worthy seeker, each cell of the honeycomb reveals a distinct gleam, as if the gem were breathing.
Opalwanted Gems of the World
Dominant red Honeycomb pattern One-of-a-kind piece Red fire
From the depths of Lightning Ridge emerges this solid 4.5-carat black opal, precisely cut and blessed with a honeycomb pattern that defies logic. The dominant red burns like ancient fire, interwoven with greens and oranges that vibrate under direct light. Each cell seems to contain a fragment of a sleeping volcano.
This is not just a gem: it is a fragment of legend. Forged in the pact between fire and water, its hive pattern was, according to mythology, sculpted by the celestial bees of the goddess Melísa, guardians of divine nectar. This gem encases memory, transformation, and destiny.
- Origin: Lightning Ridge, Australia
- Color: Honeycomb Red Dominant
- Dimensions: 14mm x 10mm x 5mm
- Weight: 4.5 Ct
Condition: Professionally polished, ready for setting or collection.
Brand: #OpalWanted – Where every gem tells its myth
Short video available: See the chromatic fire in action.
https://youtube.com/shorts/wQ4HDXd_OGI?si4fU_YcKcFItMyIlV
"The Honeycomb Opal of the Solar Nest"
Mythological origin story. It is said that this opal was born in the Primordialis Alvearium, the cosmic honeycomb where the universe's first lights condensed into a gem. According to the ancient tales of the Custodians of Fire, every hexagonal cell of the Honeycomb pattern is not a simple mineral structure, but a fragment of trapped light, an echo of the first sparks that shaped the world.
The legend says that when the gods still walked among living mountains, the goddess Meliora, guardian of the rising Sun, shed a tear over a sacred hive upon seeing humanity lose its way. Her tear, touching the divine wax, crystallized into an opal that contained the geometry of order and chaos, a secret map of universal balance.
That's why those who wear a Honeycomb opal don't just carry a gem: they carry a talisman of alignment, a reminder that even the oldest light can arrange itself into perfect patterns when it finds a purpose.
It is said that, under the sun, the opal awakens and shows the colors of the original dawn, the dawn that only the gods witnessed. And that, in the hands of a worthy seeker, each cell of the honeycomb reveals a distinct gleam, as if the gem were breathing.
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