In Roman times, Mark Antony loved Opal. Indeed, it is said that he so coveted an Opal owned by Senator Nonius that Mark Antony banished the senator after he refused to sell the almond size stone, reputed to be worth 2,000,000 sesterces.(US $80,000).

As early as the 1st century A.D. the Roman Pliny wrote:-" For in them you shall see the living fire of  ruby, the glorious purple of the amethyst, the sea-green of the emerald, all glittering together in an incredible mixture of light"

                                     There are several different types and body colours of Australian Opals:

Milky Light

Regular Light

Jelly Opal

Light Crystal Opal

Clear Crystal Opal                                                                                                

Semi-Black Opal

Black Crystal Opal

Black Opal                                                  

Boulder Matrix Opal

Yowah Nut Opal

Boulder Opal

Andamooka Matrix Opal                                                                          

Doublet Opal

Triplet Opal                                                        

                                                                                                  

                                                                    

                                                                                             

The Opals pictured above are just a few of the different types and colours of Australian Opals. These opals are for education and not for sale.

As you can see, opals have every color of the rainbow and the colour in each opal changes with different light or movement. That quality is what makes an opal so unique and beautiful.

Semi-Black

Black Opal

Andamooka Matrix

Black Crystal Opal

Semi-Black Crystal Opal

Light Crystal Opal

Triplet Opal

Clear Crystal Opal

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Light Opal