Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Fire Opal

Fire Opal

A Variety of OpalFire opal is a variety of opal. It is bright orange in colour, and always reminds us of barley sugar sweets. It can vary from completely translucent without any opalescence or iridescence, to semi-translucent with very noticeable flashes of iridescent colour.It is often called Mexican fire opal, because Mexico is one of its prime sources.

Aztec Gold

Fire opal was known to the Aztecs between about 1200 to 1519 AD.

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