7.50 Ct. Natural Ethiopian Black Opals Cabochon - Height: 7 mm - Width: 5 mm- 1.5 g
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Natural Ethiopian black opals, cabochon from Wello, Ethiopia; weight 1.50 g, dimensions 7 × 5 × 3 mm, smoked treatment.
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Beautiful Parcel of Natural Black Ethiopian Cabochon Opals from Wello, Ethiopia.
Clarity: from transparent to opaque.
Dimensions: 7 X 5 X 3 mm;
Treatment: smoked.
Pictures taken with a high-resolution camera on different backgrounds in order to depict the opals as realistically as possible.
Worldwide shipping with registered mail and tracking number.
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 approximately 150 to 300 nm in diameter arranged in a hexagonal or cubic close-packed lattice. These ordered silica spheres produce the internal colors by causing interference and diffraction of light passing through the microstructure of the opal.
Beautiful Parcel of Natural Black Ethiopian Cabochon Opals from Wello, Ethiopia.
Clarity: from transparent to opaque.
Dimensions: 7 X 5 X 3 mm;
Treatment: smoked.
Pictures taken with a high-resolution camera on different backgrounds in order to depict the opals as realistically as possible.
Worldwide shipping with registered mail and tracking number.
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 approximately 150 to 300 nm in diameter arranged in a hexagonal or cubic close-packed lattice. These ordered silica spheres produce the internal colors by causing interference and diffraction of light passing through the microstructure of the opal.
Details
Main Mineral
7.50 Ct. Natural Ethiopian Black Opals
Mineral Form
Cabochon
Weight
1.5 g
Origin (Region/ City)
Hello
Country of Origin
Ethiopia
Height
7 mm
Width
5 mm
Depth
3 mm
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