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It may be from the Sanskrit \"upala\", meaning \"stone\" or \"precious stone\" or from opalus, the ancient Latin name for the gem (Pliny the Elder, 75-79). Pliny may have also referred to the gem as paederos, but a modern commentary by Kostov (2008) questions if that name was actually applied to the opal in the modern sense.",0,"2025-08-11 12:14:31",{"id":11,"name":25,"entrytype":22,"csystem":8,"ima_formula":26,"mindat_formula":14,"hmin":27,"hmax":28,"dmeas":29,"dcalc":20,"strunz10ed1":30,"primary_image_id":31},"Opal","SiO\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub> &middot; nH\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O",5.5,6.5,"1.9","4",18161,[],[],[],[],[],8,[39,44,49,53],{"id":40,"year":41,"html":42,"doi":43},565312,1971,"Jones, J. B., Segnit, E. R. (1971) The nature of opal I. nomenclature and constituent phases. \u003Ci>Journal of the Geological Society of Australia\u003C\u002Fi>,  18 (1) 57-68 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1080\u002F00167617108728743'>doi:10.1080\u002F00167617108728743\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1080\u002F00167617108728743",{"id":45,"year":46,"html":47,"doi":48},3235954,1994,"Elzea, J.M., Odom, I.E., Miles, W.J. (1994) Distinguishing well ordered opal-CT and opal-C from high temperature cristobalite by x-ray diffraction. \u003Ci>Analytica Chimica Acta\u003C\u002Fi>, 286 (1). 107-116 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002F0003-2670(94)80182-7'>doi:10.1016\u002F0003-2670(94)80182-7\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002F0003-2670(94)80182-7",{"id":50,"year":51,"html":52,"doi":8},16129728,1996,"Lapis Extra No. 10, Opal (1996).",{"id":54,"year":55,"html":56,"doi":8},16119011,2008,"Kostov, Rusian I. (2008) Orphic Lithica As A Source Of Late Antiquity Mineralogical Knowledge. \u003Ci>Annual Of The University Of Mining And Geology “ST. Ivan Rilski”\u003C\u002Fi>,  51 (1) 109-115",[58,68,77,87,92,97,104,109,114,119,124,129,134,139,144,149,154,159,164,169],{"id":59,"source_url":60,"license_code":61,"credit_html":62,"title":63,"description":64,"author":65,"original_width":66,"original_height":67},61537,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10130519","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10130519\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Opal-41395.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOpal\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Opal\">Opal\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Virgin Valley District, Humboldt County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNevada\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nevada\">Nevada\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-5881.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a large chunk of solid opal, the most important part of the specimen being the transparent \"jelly opal\" with a glowing internal light (the white part of the specimen is also opal, but is not particularly colorful or fiery). This \"jelly opal\" part of the specimen measures around 3 cm across and 1.5 cm thick, so it is a rich piece for the collector or the lapidary! Worth? i dont know, as it came in a collection and i am not an opal expert, but i suspect its very good! 4.3 x 3.5 x 3.1cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",600,568,{"id":69,"source_url":70,"license_code":71,"credit_html":72,"title":73,"description":74,"author":75,"original_width":76,"original_height":76},37675,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=157392604","CC BY-SA 4.0","W.carter, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=157392604\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cabochon-cut water opal 3.jpg","Cabochon-cut water opal with a blue-purplish glow. Studio photography in Vibble, Visby, Gotland, Sweden.","W.carter",1384,{"id":78,"source_url":79,"license_code":80,"credit_html":81,"title":82,"description":83,"author":84,"original_width":85,"original_height":86},61542,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=84575632","CC BY-SA 2.0","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=84575632\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass water opal) - SiO2·nH2O (29177687237).jpg","\u003Cp>hyalite (glass \u002F water opal) - SiO2·nH2O\nlocality: Valeč, Czech Republic\nphoto (c) 2018 Jan Helebrant\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n&lt;a href=\"\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.juhele.blogspot.cz\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.juhele.blogspot.cz\u003C\u002Fa>\" rel=\"nofollow\"&gt;www.juhele.blogspot.cz&lt;\u002Fa&gt;","Jan Helebrant",4000,3000,{"id":88,"source_url":89,"license_code":80,"credit_html":90,"title":91,"description":83,"author":84,"original_width":85,"original_height":86},61543,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=84575633","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=84575633\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass water opal) - SiO2·nH2O (29177682567).jpg",{"id":93,"source_url":94,"license_code":80,"credit_html":95,"title":96,"description":83,"author":84,"original_width":85,"original_height":86},61544,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=84575637","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=84575637\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass water opal) - SiO2·nH2O (44066539962).jpg",{"id":98,"source_url":99,"license_code":80,"credit_html":100,"title":101,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":103,"original_height":85},61546,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715715","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715715\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass - water opal) - SiO2·nH2O in Valeč, Czech Republic (50583816162).jpg","\u003Cp>hyalite (glass \u002F water opal) - SiO2·nH2O\nlocality: Valeč, Czech Republic\nphoto (c) 2020 Jan Helebrant\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n&lt;a href=\"\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.juhele.blogspot.com\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.juhele.blogspot.com\u003C\u002Fa>\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\"&gt;www.juhele.blogspot.com&lt;\u002Fa&gt;",6000,{"id":105,"source_url":106,"license_code":80,"credit_html":107,"title":108,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":103,"original_height":85},61547,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715725","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715725\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass - water opal) - SiO2·nH2O in Valeč, Czech Republic (50583015943).jpg",{"id":110,"source_url":111,"license_code":80,"credit_html":112,"title":113,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":103,"original_height":85},61548,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715728","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715728\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass - water opal) - SiO2·nH2O in Valeč, Czech Republic (50583741276).jpg",{"id":115,"source_url":116,"license_code":80,"credit_html":117,"title":118,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":103,"original_height":85},61549,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715739","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715739\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass - water opal) - SiO2·nH2O in Valeč, Czech Republic (50583733166).jpg",{"id":120,"source_url":121,"license_code":80,"credit_html":122,"title":123,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":103,"original_height":85},61550,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715741","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715741\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass - water opal) - SiO2·nH2O in Valeč, Czech Republic (50583729241).jpg",{"id":125,"source_url":126,"license_code":80,"credit_html":127,"title":128,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":103,"original_height":85},61551,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715743","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715743\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass - water opal) - SiO2·nH2O in Valeč, Czech Republic (50582986578).jpg",{"id":130,"source_url":131,"license_code":80,"credit_html":132,"title":133,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":103,"original_height":85},61552,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715750","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715750\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass - water opal) - SiO2·nH2O in Valeč, Czech Republic (50583716756).jpg",{"id":135,"source_url":136,"license_code":80,"credit_html":137,"title":138,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":85,"original_height":86},61553,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715759","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715759\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass, water opal) - 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SiO2·nH2O from Valeč, Czech Republic (50582962698).jpg",{"id":155,"source_url":156,"license_code":80,"credit_html":157,"title":158,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":85,"original_height":86},61557,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715774","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715774\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass, water opal) - SiO2·nH2O from Valeč, Czech Republic (50582960693).jpg",{"id":160,"source_url":161,"license_code":80,"credit_html":162,"title":163,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":85,"original_height":86},61558,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715776","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715776\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass, water opal) - SiO2·nH2O from Valeč, Czech Republic (50583699741).jpg",{"id":165,"source_url":166,"license_code":80,"credit_html":167,"title":168,"description":102,"author":84,"original_width":85,"original_height":86},61559,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715777","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=97715777\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hyalite (glass, water opal) - 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