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The Aurora Australis Opal |
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The Aurora Australis Opal is a unique opal found at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales.
The Aurora Australis Opal has a black background on which you can see a harlequin pattern with dominant, red, green and blue colors. Amongst the popular gems used as jewelry, Opal is one. Opal comes in a great variety of colors like, gray, white, red, green, shore, yellow, blue, brown, magenta, and black. Some of the opals are easily available; they are comparatively less expensive and amorphous. Some of the rare quality opals, which are expensive, have a structural element. The most common opals are white and green. The opals, which are black and red opals, are rare and precious. Chemically opal is hydrated silicon dioxide, the water content being between three and ten percent and can go up to even twenty percent. The origin of the term Opal can be traced from Latin opalus, Greek opallios, and Sanskrit upala.
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Opal is the national gemstone of Australia. This mineraloid gel is accumulated at comparatively low temperature in the fissures of any kind of rock. Generally Opals are seen formed in the fissures of sandstone, limonite, rhyolite, and basalt.
The wonderful Aurora Australis Opal was found in 1938. This Opal is distinct in its own way and has a different appeal. The Aurora Australis Opal was dug from an old sea-bed. This unique Opal bears the distinctive impression of a star fish on its back. This Opal was
Purchased by Altmann & Cherny. They got it in a semi-rough state and after cutting and polishing they gave a nice oval shape to it.
The Aurora Australis Opal is named by Altmann & Cherny after the bright southern lights in the night sky. This precious gem has a stunning look with a harlequin pattern. It exhibits dominant, green red, and blue colours on a black background.
Owned by Altmann and Cherny, The Aurora Australis Opal is a unique piece for its size, fascinating color and strength.
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