This article, from the Summer 2009 issue of Gems & Gemmology, is a compilation of abstracts of important gemmology-related articles published outside of Gems & Gemmology.
Read MoreThe distinctive orange-to-red “fire" opals from Querétaro have not been found in significant quantities at any other locality.
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Recent mining at Opal Butte in northeastern Oregon has produced a wide variety of large flawless opals.
Read MoreOpal occurs as nodules in volcanic rocks at a new gem opal locality in the Menz Gishe district of Shewa Province, Ethiopia.
Read MoreA plastic imitation opal that shows true play-of-colour was advertised as "new" and offered for sale under the trade name "Opalite" at the Gem and Lapidary Dealers Association (GLDA) Tucson show in February 1988.
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Matrix opal from Andamooka, in South Australia, is a precious opal-included porous rock that is commonly colour enhanced (carbon impregnated) to imitate the highly prized black opal from Lightning Ridge in northern New South Wales, Australia.
Read MoreAfter almost 75 years of inactivity, the deposits of boulder opal in Queensland, Australia, began to attract new interest in the 1960s and 1970s.
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