1.8" Polished Brecciated Pink Opal Sphere - Western Australia

This is a 1.8" wide sphere of richly colored, brecciated pink opal. The entire specimen has be flawlessly polished to a glossy finish.

The horizontal seam from which this pink opal specimen came from, was discovered in Western Australia in 2011. Prior to its discovery, pink opal was only known to occur in Peru. Pink opal from this location displays a wide range of pink hues, from dark rose pink to nearly white.

"Breccia" or "brecciated" is the term for rock that has been shattered by geologic forces and later cemented back together by means of percolation and solidification of mineral-rich solutions.


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DETAILS
SPECIES
Amorphous Quartz (Common Opal)
LOCATION
Gascoyne Region, Western Australia
SIZE
1.8" diameter
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#336538