FOUNDED BY: GABRIELA YASMIN SZAFMAN

Australia produces around 97% of the world?s opal. 90% is called ?light opal? or white and crystal opal.Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, is the main source of black opal. The Virgin Valley opal fields of Humboldt County in northern Nevada produce a wide variety of precious black, crystal, white, fire, and lemon opal. Another source of white base opal in the United States is Spencer, Idaho. Other significant deposits of precious opal around the world can be found in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Turkey, Indonesia, Brazil, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Ethiopia. In late 2008, NASA announced that it had discovered opal deposits on Mars

Opal is very sensitive to heat or sudden change in temperature.

Never clean your Opal jewelry in an ultrasonic cleaner, it will crack the Opal.

The Opal will Work:

? Opal is a stone of inspiration which enhances the imagination and creativity as well.

? It helps one release inhibitions and enhances the memory.

? Opal is also said to be a very spiritual stone, and can help one be "invisible" in situations where they don't care to be noticed.

? It has been known to bring happy dreams, and also to ease the process of change.

? Opal is a silicate, containing water, correlating with our emotions. Clarifies by amplifying and mirroring feelings, buried emotions, desires (including love and passion). With this comes less inhibition, more spontaneity, free visualization, clearer imagination, and more vivid dreams.

HEALING PROPERTIES:

? Opal are known to strengthen the will to live.

? Linked to the heart, and told to stimulate the glands and regulate the metabolism.

? Opal has a beneficial effect on the human psyche, pouring a warm healing energy on broken hearts and restoring harmony.