Opal

History: Known by the Assyrians, Babylon and Romans, the opal was initially used to manufacture tools and much later as decorating objects and jewelry. From ancient times it used to be considered that the opal was driving away the bad luck and troubles.

The variant of” wood opal” it is formed through the impregnation phenomenon of the wood combined with silicates.

The Hydrophane or” the water opal”presents a”color game” of the light, which it looks exactly like the water.

In the industry of making jewelry are frequently used the opal central triangle, which were composed by three elements:

1. A plate of Onyx as a support
2. Than the opal, this represents the opalescence phenomenon
3. a protector layer of quartz, to prevent the dehydration of the opaque

In the Roman culture the opaque was considered to be” the love stone”or” the hope stone”. This mineral is also considered a talisman for thieves and spies.
Information

Description: The opal is a semiprecious stone with a colorless or varied colored, transparent or opalescence glassy gloss. It is a variety of natural hydrated siliceous dioxide something like the transparent or opalescence, glassy quartz. Its colors are: milky-white, bright yellow, bright blue, orange, green, grey, brown, black, and sometimes colorless and transparent, with iridescent colors.

Colors: It contains all the rainbow’s colors: white, blue, yellow, red, brown, and orange multicolored. There is semi-black opal. This type of opal has a pale hue of black. The one of superior quality has a small hue of red. The black opal is very expensive, that is why it is so rare, and the majority of the existent stones could be synthetic.

Name: This name comes from the Sanskrit word”upala” and it means jewel.

Note: This stone can be confused with the glass, or the moon stone.

Warning: It is very fragile that is why it is recommended to avoid its purification in salt water, its exposure to the sun and warmness. The opal gets easily scratched,  so it shouldn’t be kept next to hard stones.

Chemical composition: SiO2, H2O

Hardness: 5.5-6.5 out of 10

Gloss: the opal has a glassy pearled aspect

Varieties of opal: There are a lot of kinds of opal such as: black opal, chameleon opal, the water opal, the common opal, the wax opal, the mossy opal, the dentifrice opal, the honey opal, the woody opal, the milky opal, the crystal opal which is colorless and transparent. The fire opal is transparent and has a color of orange-red. The goblin opal has different hues. The white opal has a color of translucent white. The semi-black opal is grey. Another type of opal is the girasol and it is translucent alike the moon stone. The water opal is also colorless and transparent.

The stone is recommended to:

Signs of the zodiac: Gemini, Virgo, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, and for Libra and Scorpio it is especially recommended the black opal.

Birth month: this stone is recommended to those born in: April, June and October

Lucky talisman: the opal represents a lucky talisman to the Libra

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The numerological influence: it is recommended to those born under the influence of the number 8 and 9.

Anniversary: The black opal used to be gifted to the fourteen years of birth or marriage. The other types of opal used to be given to the eighteen years of birth or marriage.

Chakra: 2, 7

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Its effects on the owner: The opal has a great protective role. It gives stability and attracts lots of ways of living. It gets the better of the one that wears it. It has magic and curative effects in what concerns the health. It increases the creativity, inspiration, the happiness, the imagination, the feeling of self value, relaxation, physic energy and spontaneity. It brings money, success, luck, happiness, love, hope, protection and peace. It creates a bond with the anterior lives. It diminishes the inhibition and it brings to the surface repressed emotions. The fire opal brings success to money and gives passion and energy. The black opal worn near the heart keeps you away from bad things; it protects from evil eye and also protects the travelers.

Health: It is good for a better sight, hearing and headaches.