opal
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- noun
- /ˈoʊpəl/
:
ópalo
- The jeweler showed me a stunning opal with vibrant flashes of color.
- opal ring
- fire opal
So you have to wear these, these masks anyway, mining for opals is they call it prospect mining.
- So you have to wear these, these masks anyway, mining for opals is they call it prospect mining.
- Now the jeweler might have been confused with a different thing, which we call Opal.
Examples
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The tiny, mesmerizing percentage we call precious opals have regions where silica beads of uniform size form orderly arrays.
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When Sonny gave her an opal ring for her birthday, all she could do was sit down and cry.
Fiction book (1997) -
l gave somebody a fire opal once.
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The brothers also note, "The opal did not appear to be a fake, wrapped up to fool rich society women."
Academic text (2017) -
His hand is warm, and I can almost feel the opal rings pressing into my own palm.
Fiction book (1990) -
Belecebu's opal has been passed down to me through my ancestors.
Academic text (2007) -
But Mom, who seems suddenly frailer, is wearing her mother's cloudy opal ring.
Fiction book (1994) -
These are opals.
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Opals are unlucky, aren't they?
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From a dark corner, Lirrel stared silently at Jobber, the opal-colored eyes gleaming an eerie white in the shadowy room.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
A gem with bright orange, yellow and red colors
A gem that shows bright orange, yellow and red colors
Compounds
How Dark
Surface Forms
Etymology
Opal comes from an old Sanskrit word upala meaning 'precious stone'. So the name always meant a valued gem, which fits an opal today because it shows bright, changing flashes of color.