OPAL

Transformation · Creativity · Hope

With colours that appear to shift beneath its surface, precious opal has inspired fascination since antiquity. Ancient Romans admired its extraordinary play of colour, while later traditions associated the stone with imagination, hope and the ever-changing nature of life.

Properties: Believed to encourage creativity, intuition and emotional expression.

Characteristics: A hydrated form of amorphous silica with a Mohs hardness of approximately 5.5–6.5. Precious opal displays a phenomenon known as play-of-colour, caused by the diffraction of light within its microscopic structure.