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This appears to be rough precious opal, most likely Ethiopian hydrophane opal from the Welo/Wollo area, shown as a close-up pile of uncut pieces with attached host matrix. Confidence: moderate. The strongest visual clues are the translucent to milky body, irregular rough fragments, attached pale/tan matrix, and the strong play-of-color flashing blue, green, orange, red, and violet across many pieces. Ethiopian opal is well known for this kind of hydrophane, play-of-color rough.
Description
The image shows a dense assortment of raw opal fragments ranging from milky white to pale blue, lavender, and translucent honey tones. Many pieces retain rough, chalky or rocky host material on their surfaces. The most striking feature is the vivid internal iridescence—broad flashes and patches of spectral color that shift across the stones, especially blues, greens, purples, and orange-red fire. Opal is a hydrated silica mineraloid rather than a true crystalline mineral, and precious opal displays this color effect because of its internal structure. Ethiopian hydrophane opal can also change appearance when it absorbs water, sometimes altering transparency and color intensity.
Closest alternatives / look-alikes
Less likely possibilities are:
Australian rough precious opal: also shows play-of-color, but this image looks more like the translucent hydrophane-type rough commonly associated with Ethiopian material.
Common opal or opalite glass: unlikely, because the image shows genuine-looking irregular play-of-color and natural matrix attachment rather than a uniform man-made glow.
This is a Welo Opal with plumes. Identical in srtucture to that of a plume agate. I will have more details later.
Sorry for quality of these shots, not my usual, but too unique not to post, lol. This was a tough shoot! I will have better ones later when do them through my M420 microscope. These were just shot with Panasonic FZ8K + Raynox MSN-202 with the camera in tele macro mode for maximum magnifications.
This is a Welo Opal with plumes. Identical in srtucture to that of a plume agate. I will have more details later.
Sorry for quality of these shots, not my usual, but too unique not to post, lol. This was a tough shoot! I will have better ones later when do them through my M420 microscope. These were just shot with Panasonic FZ8K + Raynox MSN-202 with the camera in tele macro mode for maximum magnifications.
This is a Welo Opal with plumes. Identical in srtucture to that of a plume agate. I will have more details later.
Sorry for quality of these shots, not my usual, but too unique not to post, lol. This was a tough shoot! I will have better ones later when do them through my M420 microscope. These were just shot with Panasonic FZ8K + Raynox MSN-202 with the camera in tele macro mode for maximum magnifications.
This is a Welo Opal with plumes. Identical in srtucture to that of a plume agate. I will have more details later.
Sorry for quality of these shots, not my usual, but too unique not to post, lol. This was a tough shoot! I will have better ones later when do them through my M420 microscope. These were just shot with Panasonic FZ8K + Raynox MSN-202 with the camera in tele macro mode for maximum magnifications.
Its hard to pick up with the camera but this welo show alot of purple you can kind of see at the top left side
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I have a new client who owns a rather gorgeous Welo opal from Ethiopia......to tell you the truth...I'd never even heard of Welo opals.....so I had to do some educatin' of myself. Here's the stone I'll be working with if I'm lucky enough to get the commission.
This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.
I have a new client who owns a rather gorgeous Welo opal from Ethiopia......to tell you the truth...I'd never even heard of Welo opals.....so I had to do some educatin' of myself. Here's the stone I'll be working with if I'm lucky enough to get the commission.
Natural Ethiopian Welo Opal Marquise Cabochon Top Quality Multi Fire Welo Opal Wholesale Lot for Sale
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This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.
This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.
This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.
This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.