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Precious Opal

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Description
Locality: 
Tablon Mine, Erandique, Lempira Department, Honduras
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

A - not polished- pure sample of milky white to multicolored waterclear precious opale.

 

This excellent new material was discovered about 6 months ago in the region of Erandique.

 

Please note the article, written by my friend Michael Vogt, Hannover  -   LAPIS Mineralienmagazin, Feb. 2019  -  about the opales of Erandique, Honduras.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Precious Opal

Variety Of: 

Opal

Formula: 
SiO2·nH2O
Strunz: 
4.DA.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
SiO2·nH2O
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

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