Opal (var: Opal-AN) / (var: Hyalite Opal) (“Blood Vessel Opal”) colorless If you collect thumbnails

If you collect thumbnails

This is one of the few specimens of this material that I have to offer

Any collector who loves unusual and colorful gem crystals should consider this unique miniature specimen

which formed in stages during period of hydrothermal etching to create the thin base with the thicker scepter cap on top

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Opal (var: Opal-AN) / (var: Hyalite Opal) (“Blood Vessel Opal”) colorless If you collect thumbnailsA thumbnail sized specimen of spherical bead like Hyalite Opal with strong orange coloring caused by inclusions of iron oxide. The material has been nicknamed Blood Vessel Opal due to the thin lines created by the inclusions near the surface of the spheres. Though lustrous and gemmy, the piece does have a bit of damage on both sides, hence the reduced price. At the beginning of 2016, a friend of ours started working a claim with a few of the locals in