What’s more precious than diamonds, gold, and any other gemstone combined?
Opals!
Opals?
Well, if an Opal is from Australia and at its best quality, it would be pretty expensive, even the “new” Ethiopian opals at their best quality they would be considered expensive.
So, what makes an Opal most valuable? Typically vivid colors, and what’s called Play-of-Color when it shows multiple different colors at once and at different angles. So, in order to simplify this information, when an Opal is too “milky” or completely “milky” it is considered to be the least valuable.
Now, let’s get to the point of the story, when an Opal is light-toned and appear cream-colored, they would be inexpensive, right?
True if made by earth, so what on earth am I talking about? Well, I am not talking about those Opals which are light-toned and appear cream-colored from earth.
These Opals, are chemically the same as Opals from earth, but they were discovered on Mars, yes Mars itself, but don’t get too excited and prepare yourself for mining those gems, keep in mind that they are inconveniently located 33.9 million miles away from where you sitting and reading this.
Jack Ghazalian