SOLD
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This item SOLD at 2022 Apr 16 @ 11:00UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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3.26 ct. 11 x 9 x 7.3mm Octagon Precision Cut, VVS Clarity, Origin: Mexico Untreated Contraluz opal is sometimes the first words a new opal buyer will hear when asking about opals. It is one of those words like harlequin pattern that everyone in the opal world talks about.Contra Luz in Spanish means “against the light”. This type of opal is famous due to its diffracted play of colors that is unlike other valuable opal. It is a glass like opal in that the light can pass through the stone. ContraLuz is known as the rainbow within the opal when it is backlit. Only a small percentage of opal can show this effect.
ContraLuz opal is mostly from Mexico and has worlds reputation as opal fire colors in this beautiful opal. Some Ethiopian and Australian opals have been classified as this type of opal but it is really rare
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Nelson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6G 1M5, Canada
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