34 Quotes About Opal

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  • Author Lauron William De Laurence
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    Opal's most famous advantage was, however, that it turned pale in the presence of poison. Its lights also died out in the neighborhood of its owner's enemy, while it blushed, as if with joy, when his friend was nearby. It has the concentrated glories of morning, it is like a tear fallen from the moon, it is a rainbow veiled in vapor, it is as the stars of many colors shining.

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  • Author Tea Cooper
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    She could see why men and women through the ages had become besotted with opals. It was as though an almighty hand had scooped a palmful of emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, and pearls and mixed their radiant hues. Fit for a queen. Such a noble stone.

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  • Author Tea Cooper
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    Cutting and polishing an opal is a great skill. The outer casing has to be removed with a diamond saw and then it is shaped. The Romans mastered the art thousands of years ago."Della ran her finger over the stone. "Where did the name opal come from?""From the Sanskrit meaning 'precious stone,' and later the Greek derivative opallios, meaning 'a change of color'.

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