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Home » Gemstones as Jewelry » Opals » The Black Prince Opal

The Black Prince Opal

The Black Prince Opal has a stunning beauty and one of the unique pieces of opals. The Black Prince Opal is also known as ‘Harlequin Prince. This wonderful opal was found at Phone Line in the year 1915. The Black Prince Opal takes the pride of finding out this lovely gem. The Black Prince Opal exhibits a flag pattern one side red color on the other side. It weighs 181 carats.

Opal is a lovely gem, which is used in jewelry and comes in a great variety of colors. You can get the opals in shore, yellow, blue, brown, gray, white, red, green, magenta, and black colors. Some of the opals are commonly available and others are rare and precious. Some of the rare quality opals, which are expensive, have a structural element. The opals, black and red opals are rare and precious.

The precious opals have an internal structure and exhibit a variable interplay of internal colors. Chemically the opals are composed of hydrated silicon dioxide.



Some of the famous opals are:
  • The Aurora Australis Opal: This opal is considered to be the most valuable black opal.
  • The Black Prince Opal: This is originally known as Harlequin Prince.
  • The Andamooka Opal: This opal was presented to Queen Elizabeth II and also known as the Queen's Opal.
  • The Pride of Australia Opal: This is also known as the Red Emperor Opal.
  • The Empress of Australia Opal
  • The Flamingo Opal
  • The Halley's Comet Opal: This is the world's largest uncut black opal.
  • The Jupiter Five Opal
  • The Fire Queen Opal
  • The Flame Queen Opal
  • The Olympic Australis Opal: This is known to be the largest and most valuable gem opal ever found.
  • The Red Admiral Opal: This is also known as the Butterfly Stone.
The Black Prince Opal was acquired in England and added to the riches of collection at the New York Museum of Natural History. After that this majestic opal was brought to the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Los Angeles.
 
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