Opal (var: Opal-AN) / (var: Hyalite Opal) (“Blood Vessel Opal”) Mogok No damage and no repairs

No damage and no repairs

A nice representative piece from this famous discovery

It is so unbelievably rare to find good size

I still photographed the crystals under the microscope to better illustrate their quality

This incredibly three-dimensional and sculptural display specimen features a beautiful

Opal (var: Opal-AN) / (var: Hyalite Opal) (“Blood Vessel Opal”) Mogok No damage and no repairsA rarely seen matrix specimen of Hyalite from San Luis Potosi, Mexico featuring bead like gemmy, colorless spheres which are included with a small amount of orange iron oxide to give it the blood vessel like inclusions, hence the nickname Blood Vessel Opal. Interestingly enough, the piece has a dual texture effect where some of the globules are perfectly smooth, while others have an alligator skin appearance on the surface. One can spend a great deal