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Published: 2008-11-16 17:21:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 3438; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 35
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fire opal from Mexico (all the info I have on this one).Opal is the birthstone of October and is actually a mineraloid gel with 3% to 20% water content. the crystal structure (silica spheres in a latice) makes the light break down into the various colors.
this one was very hard to photograph and capture some of the colors
edit: new photo
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a dragon's eye
lovely
its like glimpse into universe
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it's like.. a galaxy back there.. o_o gorgeous stone
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Stunning specimen, and a great piece of photography there to get the colours
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thanks... still didn't get all the colors though
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Is it in a setting or is that another stone around the outside?
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another stone (matrix) around the outside- makes it almost like a cats eye
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I was thinking a dragon's eye 
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