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Toutes les enchères / Ethnographie / Ethiopian Crystal Opal – an exceptional natural specimen...
This impressive Crystal-Opal natural specimen from Ethiopia captivates with its exceptional transparency, its warm, light honey-green to olive-green base color, and an unusually vivid play of color. Within the transparent to translucent opal body, a fascinating blaze of color unfolds, displaying intense green, bright blue, strong orange, yellow, and fiery red, which reveals new color zones as the light hits it from different angles. Particularly impressive are the large orange-red flashes in the lower and middle areas, interwoven with intense green and occasional electric blues, giving the piece extraordinary optical depth. The natural rough form with its characteristic irregular outer contour and the clearly preserved areas of the matrix or host rock emphasize the original character of this specimen. At the same time, selected areas have been carefully smoothed and polished, making the underlying opal structure stand out even more and causing the color play to seem to glow from within the stone. Thanks to the combination of transparent opal substance, natural matrix, pronounced depth, and an extraordinarily intense color play, this is an exceptionally decorative and distinctly characterful piece for lovers of high-quality Welo- and Crystal-Opals. A particularly fascinating natural piece that reveals its effect especially under targeted lighting and presents a different color play with every change of viewing angle—from rich neon green to turquoise and blue, up to spectacular fire colors in orange, yellow, and red Stone: Crystal-Opal Weight: 51.15ct Size: 31.5x16x27.1mm Colour: Play of Color Treatment: None Origin: Ethiopia The pictures were taken with strong light and table lamps. It is a fantastic piece of opal. The disclaimer about the healing properties as previously given: It is believed that certain gemstones and minerals have beneficial health and spiritual properties. We and Catawiki cannot guarantee or be held liable for these suggested attributes which have no scientific evidence and cannot be considered a substitute for traditional medical treatment.
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