A variety of precious opal that has, on a reddish background, a mass of small points of different colours that appear to be shifting. When the points are very small pinpoint size, it is calledpinpoint opal.
Harlequin Opal
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A variety of precious opal that has, on a reddish background, a mass of small points of different colours that appear to be shifting. When the points are very small pinpoint size, it is calledpinpoint opal.
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From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson
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