588.00 CTS PERU BLUE OPAL ROUGH PARCEL [F7119]

Description

PERU BLUE OPAL ROUGH PARCEL

Peru blue opals were found in 1983 in a cooper mining operation in Lima Acari-production has now ceased. The colours range from neon blue to mint green to clear with all shades in between.Some have dendtritic [fern like] inclusions that make interesting stones. It is fine traces of copper trapped in the crystal structure thats gives it the color.

The rough has been taken dry. The weight is for the parcel and size is for the largest piece- app

DENDRITIC

The patterns are found in microscopic fissures that cause them to branch out like tree limbs or fern likeinclusions.It is usually a iron silicate.

This is the national stone of Peru