Opal (var: Opal-AN) / (var: Hyalite Opal) Arizona Brazil and San Diego County

Brazil and San Diego County only produce loose single crystals off matrix

and rarely found in good sized

A truly impressive and superb quality

The piece has a small contact towards one of the corners but

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Opal (var: Opal-AN) / (var: Hyalite Opal) Arizona Brazil and San Diego CountyA richly colored group of spherical glassy beads of Hyalite Blood Vessel Opal from this new find in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The inclusions are created by iron oxide and give the piece wonderfully strong red orange coloration and thin capillary like lines where the nickname Blood Vessel Opal comes from. A tiny bit of attached matrix makes for a great overall piece, and a worthwhile pickup for anybody interested in the material. At the beginning of