The Australian Opal

Opals were created when a rainbow touched the earth ~ Indigenous Australian Folklore

[The Australian Opal @AustralianOpal]

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The world's most valuable opal, the "Virgin Rainbow", was discovered within the skeleton of an extinct, marine dinosaur.

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Opals are valued not just by color, but by their “play-of-color” pattern—meaning the way they flash rainbow hues as you move them?

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HETIAN WHITE JADE DONUT: In china, jade represents the heavens, wealth, power, security, health and vigour. Jade discs have held ritual significance for the Chinese people for many thousands of years. The jade donut remains a traditional gift for newborn children.
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Green Jasper: A Healing Crystal

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“The gods hearken to the prayers of whoe’er

the polished green-grass jasper wears;

his parched globe they’ll satiate with rain

and send showers to soak the thirsty plain.”

~ Orpheus in ‘Lithica‘

[Jewelry Show Guide @Jewelry_Shows]

International gem and jewelry shows scheduled for December 2017. Show Details...https://t.co/mbwJsq2oG6 | #jewelryshow #gems #gemstones #gemshow #jewelry #jewellery #Intergem

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Red Tourmaline 4.48 carats #GEM #gems #Gemstones #gemstone #tourmaline #IltonTrading

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Rose Quartz Carving #GEM #gems #Gemstones #gemstone #quartz #IltonTrading

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Green Tourmaline-10.82cts #tourmaline #gem #gems #gemstone #Gemstones

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#jewelryshow #gems #gemshow #jewelry International gem and jewelry shows scheduled for November 2017. More Details...https://t.co/LOtSUoN1Vy

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#jewelryshow #jewelry The Singapore Jewellery and Gem Fair will run from 27th – 30th October 2017. Show details... https://t.co/ekyNaH7aIt

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#jewelryshow #jewelry #gemshow JIS Miami Show has been relocated to Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. Details... https://t.co/QzLKXtDkVd

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#jewelryshow #jewelry MidEast Watch and Jewellery Show will run from 3rd - 7th October 2017 at Sharjah. Details... https://t.co/PjhWguuH8j

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#jewelryshow #gems #minerals #gemshow A gem and mineral show guide for October 2017. Read More... https://t.co/nQXegDQxQh

[The Australian Opal @AustralianOpal]

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Even though the iconic black opal comes from Lightning Ridge, NSW, South Australia accounts for 80% of the world's precious opal supply.

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#JewelryShow #Collinsville The International Gem and Jewelry Show Collinsville, IL runs from 22–24 September 2017 https://t.co/fAD6hGTmfK

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#jewelryshow #gemshow An international gem and jewelry show schedule for September 2017. https://t.co/qvkQgp8HXd

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Patton actually said: “A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” Read more:https://t.co/eifmNkNuCZ

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Traditionally, Bedouins believed that opals held trapped lightning within them, and that they were delivered to the Earth in thunder storms.