Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Gemstone Facts

Who Am I?

Can you guess what gemstone this is?

The Mayans called me "the stone of the bird of paradise." Others have called me girasol, again a reference to my flaming reds and day-glo orange, while Mexico knows me as it's national stone. At my most brilliant - and valuable - I display an almost unrivaled play of dusky color, and am alone among my family in being regularly faceted  although it is as a cabochon that I feel most worthy, often shining as the center stone in a pendant.




I am the fire opal!

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