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All auctions / Ethnographical / Ethiopian Crystal Opal – an exceptional natural specimen...
This impressive natural crystal opal from Ethiopia captivates with its exceptional transparency, the warm, honey-green to olive-brown base color, and a particularly vivid play of color. Within the transparent to translucent opal body unfolds a fascinating blaze of color in intense green, glowing blue, vivid orange, yellow, and fiery red, which depending on the angle of light and viewing perspective reveals ever-new color zones. Especially striking are the large orange-red color flashes in the lower and middle areas, interwoven with intense green and occasional electric blue tones, giving the piece extraordinary optical depth. The natural rough form with its characteristic irregular outer contour and clearly preserved areas of the matrix or host rock underscores the original character of this specimen. At the same time, selected areas have been carefully smoothed and polished, making the underlying opal structure particularly prominent and causing the color play to seem to shine from within the stone. Through the combination of transparent opal substance, natural matrix, pronounced depth, and an extraordinarily intense color play, it is a highly decorative and characterful collector’s piece for lovers of high-quality Welo and crystal opals. A particularly fascinating natural piece that reveals its effect especially under targeted lighting and presents a different color play with every change of viewing angle—from rich neon green to turquoise and blue to spectacular fiery colors in orange, yellow, and red Stone: Crystal-Opal Weight: 120ct Size: 51.6x17x26.4mm Colour: Play of Color Treatment: None Origin: Ethiopia The pictures were taken with strong light and table lamps. It is a fantastic piece of opal. The disclaimer about the healing properties as previously given : It is believed that certain gemstones and minerals have beneficial health and spiritual properties. We und Catawiki cannot guarantee or be held liable for these suggested attributes which have no scientific evidence and cannot be considered a substitute for traditional medical treatment.
Estimate:£144.4
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