Pink Opal
Attributes
Stone of Acceptance. It is a stone that makes it easier to close certain periods of life and look at them objectively, to understand and accept difficult life experiences. Opal helps us to understand that everything that happens to us benefits us, and helps us to develop, make our dreams come true, appreciate and recognize people who really wish us well.
Origin
Pink opal is an opaque kind of common opal, without the play of colors typical for precious opals. The rainbow color effect on precious opals is caused by light interference on regularly arranged microscopic silica balls.
It is found in the same environments as precious opals, very often associated with volcanic activity.
Deposits of opal are very limited and there is no mechanized mass mining organized. Very often it is mined by small teams of people
or families.
Around 90% of all precious opals in the world come from Australia. About 100 million years ago there was a massive sea in a what is now central Australia. This ocean provided the water needed to create the opals that are now found there.
Interesting thing is that opals were also found on Mars.
Pastel colors of pink, green or blue opals are found in Peru and this is where pink opal at S&A collections comes from.
Name
The name 'Opal' comes from the Greek word Opallios and the Roman word Opalus which both mean 'precious stone'.
History
The famous anthropologist, Louis Leakey, during his researches in Kenya, discovered man-made artifacts with opal that are more than 6000 years old. This means that people crafted opals thousands of years before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Astrology
Stone associated with: Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio
