Here are some types of opals. The opal man carries many types of natural opal including australian black opal crystal opal white opal boulder opal and opal specimens.
There are hundreds of color varieties of this stone and there are two types of opal.
Types of opal colors. The play of color of precious opal displays spectral colors of red orange yellow green blue and violet. Opal is comprised of tiny silica spheres formed when silica rich water seeps into deep cracks and voids in the earth s crust. Because of their light background color the other colors of the opal are not nearly as colorful as the colors in black opal.
Crystal opals are virtually transparent and reflect bright and clearly defined colors. However the bodycolor of opal can be any color. Milky white opal milky white to yellow white or blue white translucent with a vitreous luster to matte.
There are other kinds fire opal hyalite water opal hydrophane and honey opal. The variety of natural opal is determined by the two characteristics of body tone and transparency. There are many different types of natural opals.
The doublets we carry and make are also cut from and made with real natural opal. Some have veinlets and masses of manganese oxide these are dendritic opals. The common opal is characterized by its translucence and its palette of colors that include red green blue and orange.
These types of opals are also much more common than black opal. Commonly having a bodycolor of white yellow gray black or brown. They are defined by their primarily white body tone.
Blue opals range from light grey to aqua and turquoise to deep blue and feature streaks of sandy orange and milky colored earth tones. Fire opal red hyacinth to fire red transparent to translucent. There is black opal white opal crystal opal and jelly opal.
Some of the most beautiful common opals are red orange pink green or blue. It is separated into two groups common opal also known as potch and precious opal also known as noble opal. Transparency opal of any body colour will be opaque translucent or transparent.
White opals are also known as light opals and milky opals. The name opal is from the sanskrit upala which means jewel. In this article we are going to explain each of the different types of opals including black opal crystal opal boulder opal yowah and koroit opal and the smaller opal fields like mintabie and tintenbar.
Body tone the base tones of light dark and black opal range from colourless white through the various shades of grey to black. The woody opal consists of trunks or opalized branches. The common opal and the precious or gem opal.
Fire opals contain sparks of intense fiery colors including red orange and yellow.
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