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Fire Opal
Fire opal is a bright orange variety of opal. It is particularly popular in designer jewellery because of its dramatic colour. Click here to view opal jewellery at Astley Clarke.
It can vary from completely translucent without any opalescence (vaguely speaking, a white-blue to orange-coloured ‘glow’ appearance in the stone) or iridescence (where the hue of the surface of the stone changes according to the angle from which it is viewed), to semi-translucent with highly visible flashes of iridescent colour (also known as fire).
It is primarily found in Mexico, so is often known as Mexican fire opal. Fire opal was known to the Aztecs between about 1200 to 1519 AD.
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It can vary from completely translucent without any opalescence (vaguely speaking, a white-blue to orange-coloured ‘glow’ appearance in the stone) or iridescence (where the hue of the surface of the stone changes according to the angle from which it is viewed), to semi-translucent with highly visible flashes of iridescent colour (also known as fire).
It is primarily found in Mexico, so is often known as Mexican fire opal. Fire opal was known to the Aztecs between about 1200 to 1519 AD.
Click here to view Contemporary Designer Jewellery at Astley Clarke
