1.97 ct Orange Opal - Oval

This 1.97-carat opal is cut as an oval measuring 9.9 x 6.6 x 5.3 mm, with an orange body color, sourced from Mexico.

Opal is hydrated silica that can break white light into a play of living color, a fire no two stones repeat; it holds up to a fifth of its weight in water, which is why it glows in a way nothing crystalline does. Mexico is the historic home of fire opal, mined there since long before the Spanish arrived. It is wholly untreated, its color finished by geology rather than by any furnace or enhancement.

This is a real, natural opal you can wear without a second thought, the genuine article at an easy size. Caveman Gems hand-selects every gemstone and photographs it in good light, to give you the truest look a screen can.