Natural Indonesian Opal Freeform – Rare one-of-a-kind...

This extraordinary freeform from Indonesian opal impresses with a powerful interplay of deep dark base tones and intensely golden, web-like structures. Like fine veins, these warmly luminous lines thread through the stone, creating a fascinating, almost organic pattern that resembles branched landscapes or flowing metal veins. The surface is high-gloss polished and displays the natural depth of the material in an impressive way. Especially in the translucent areas the opal shows a gentle, slightly smoky translucency, which adds extra dimension to the piece. Depending on the viewing angle, compact, nearly solid-looking sections alternate with translucent zones, enhancing the visual tension of this stone. A distinctive feature of this freeform is the unusually high-contrast drawing: The dark matrix material provides the stage for the glowing gold- to ocher-colored structures that move through the rock as if frozen in motion. This combination is characteristic of high-quality Indonesian opal and is rarely seen in this intensity. The freeform underscores the natural character of the stone and lets its patterns appear anew from every angle. As a result, it becomes a striking one-off piece with a high level of recognizability — an object that possesses a special presence, both as a collector’s item and as a decorative highlight. Weight: 2432.26 g Gem Type: 100% Very Rare Natural Fantastic Opal Indonesia Shape: Irregular Size: 173x128x75 mm Color: As Picture Origin: Indonesia Treatment: None at all Hardness: 5-6.5 Refractive Index: 1.54-1.55 Specific Gravity: 1.45 Our shipping costs are checked and approved by Catawiki. We have an external shipping company that carries out the final inspection, pickup, packaging and shipment; thus these shipping costs arise. The buyer bears all potential import and export costs, customs duties, shipping costs, etc.. See also our other items and shipping costs, save on pickup costs.. In some of the pictures the stone has been backlit to show you the color of the stone. For some stones we have placed a light under the stone to better show the color of the pieces. And color deviations may occur, as every computer, monitor and smartphone may display colors with different qualities.

Estimation:€475

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