1.78 Cts of Rainbow Opal, Brilliant offers Flash and Beautiful Play-of-Color.

This is an Very Strong, Brilliant, Rainbow Opal from Wollo, Ethiopia.
Wello opal (Wollo) is among some of the world's flashiest and uniquely patterned opal globally. In natural Ethiopian opals, they show an macroscopic finger-like structure called a digit pattern. This pattern consists of vertical columns that are more or less parallel, separated by a homogeneous matrix of different color, transparency, or play-of-color.
Name of the Opal crystal comes from the Latin word "opalus" which means "precious stone". Since the earliest civilizations, Opal stone is known as "Eye Stone" and cherished for its brilliance, color play, and flashes. This gemstone is dedicated to the eye and one of the most pleasant gemstones that inspire purity, luck, love, hope, happiness, innocence, and calmness. Romans considered it a precious stone that contains flame is a offers sturdy stone with an MOH's hardness scale of 5.5 (gia.edu). Wello opal was recently discovered as 2007 with other types being discovered across Ethiopia as well. This opal deposit was discovered in 2008 near the village of Wegel Tena, in volcanic rocks of Ethiopia's Wollo Province . The opal is the October birthstone, is has a variety of patterns with broad flashes of color throughout. As 95% of the Worlds Opal has been discovered in Australia to date, some stunning opals have been found in a district called Welo in Ethiipian, North Africa. Some of these stones rival and in some cases surpass its upscale cousin, the "Australian Opal". Some of the unique patterns seen throughout this type of opal are:
Color—Background color and play-of-color
Pattern—Arrangement of play-of-color
Clarity—Transparency and quantity of inclusions
Pinfire or pinpoint: Small, closely set patches of color
Chaff: R
Rolling Flash
Mackerel SkyBoulder Matrix
Moss
Harlequin
Broadflash
Cloverleaf
Feather
Flagstone
Writing
Chinese Writing
Floral
Broadflash/Chaff
Play of Fire
Play of Color
In Harlequin or mosaic: Broad, angular, closely set patches of color, giving the stone the appearance of being vibrantly painted.
In Play of Fire Sweeping reddish bands or streaks that shoot across the stone
In Peacock: Mainly blue and green with an amazing amount of sheen.
In Honeycomb Pattern: Multiple broad flashes of various colors trapped within the crystal that formed in a conical shape within the stone/silicate.
Play of Color has a multitude of varying colors .
All Opals are graded accordingly to the proper grading scales of their geographic location and their appropriate grading scales provided by the GIA.
Healing Properties of the Opal: Opal crystal is mostly known for its ability to bring a person's characteristics and positive traits to the surface. It is believed that Opal stone can pick up persons thoughts, desires, feelings and emotions and amplify them. Negative feelings and emotions that are picked up by an Opal crystal, even though they are unpleasant and uncomfortable, are easier to understand, process, and fix. This stone will assist and help you get rid of negativity, process negative energy as well as those reoccurring feelings that bother you.
CTS. 1.78
L 9.72 X W 7.41 X H 4.32 mm
CUT: Pear
Cabochon Yes
Faceted


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References:

Play-of-Color Opal from Wegel Tena, Wollo Province, Ethiopia


https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/summer-2010-opal-ethiopia-rondeau