Absolutely beautiful Precious opal from Rainbow Ridge opal mine located in virgin valley of Nevada! This piece explodes with an array of blues, purples, reds, greens, yellows, and oranges. With a good polish, this piece will glow in the dimmest of lights!
I mine this specimen myself in august of 2022. Rainbow Ridge is famous for unearthing some of store the most amazing material in the world. Infact they boast one of the worlds largest precious opals, in the office (found in the 50s). They supplied many museums with world class specimens and are well known for large opalized limb casts and pinecones.
This piece has been submerged in water since it was pulled from the dirt. As is the case with so many virgin valley finds, this opal is technically a limb cast. The rounded and smooth shape of the piece says it all. Virgin Valley material is quite fragile because it forms in and around semi petrified wood, and geologically, its the youngest precious opal on earth. This type of opal, when successfully cabbed, can be worth nearly as much, or in some cases, more than Australian opal!
Product code: 9.13ct Precious Virgin store Valley Opalized Limb Cast