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Opal is a gemstone prized for its distinctive play of colors and is mined in several countries around the world, with Australia, Ethiopia, Brazil, Mexico, and the United States being the primary producers. It matters because it is valued as a precious stone used in jewelry and decorative items.
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Key facts
- Mineral.fluorescence
- black or white body color: inert to white to moderate light blue, green, or yellow in long and short wave, may also phosphoresce, common opal: inert to strong green or yellowish green in long and short wave, may phosphoresce; fire opal: inert to moderate greenish brown in long and short wave, may phosphoresce
- Mineral.absorption
- green stones: 660 nm, 470 nm cutoff
- Mineral.streak
- White
- Mineral.density
- 2.09 g/cm3
- Mineral.diagnostic
- darkening upon heating
- Mineral.solubility
- hot salt water, bases, methanol, humic acid, hydrofluoric acid
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- opaque, translucent, transparent
- Mineral.name
- Opal
- Mineral.category
- Mineraloid
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- 5cc4e7
- Mineral.image
- Opal-53714.jpg
Article · Español
El ópalo es un mineraloide del grupo IX (silicatos, tectosilicatos), según la clasificación de Strunz. Tiene una composición similar a la del cuarzo del que se diferencia porque tiene moléculas de agua en su interior. Su fórmula es SiO2•nH2O. Con mucha frecuencia se encuentra rellenando cavidades de riolitas o rocas sedimentarias. Existen numerosas variedades de ópalo que tienen apariencias diferentes.
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