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Name: Opal
Opl
Specimens in Collection:

#179: Opal
Barstow, California, USA

#414: Opal var. Hyalite
Moon Beam Claim, Saguacho County, Colorado, USA

#160: Opal var. Hyalite
Mexico

#495: Opal
South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

#181: Opalized Wood
Java, Indonesia

#180: Opal
Welo, Ethiopia

#486: Opal var. Hyalite
El Teptate Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

#575: Opal
South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

#800: Opal var. Honduran Basalt
Honduras

#885: Chalcedony / Opal var. Tiffany Stone
Utah, USA

#959: Opal var. Green
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

#1275: Opal
Opal Butte, Oregon
IMA Chemistry: SiO2·nH2O
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Opal contains elements:
Silicon (Si)
Oxygen (O)
Hydrogen (H)
Country of Type Locality: unknown
Year First Published: 0
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication.
Structural Group Name: Amorphous
Fleischer's Group Name:  
Crystal Systems: hexagonal|tetragonal, amorphous
Oldest Known Age: 4000 Million Years Ago
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