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Opal earrings can come in a wide array of colors. The group of opals includes a large variety of opals: Fire Opals, including the Mexican Fire Opal, Black Opal, Crystal Opal, White Opal, and the Boulder Opal. Any one of these opals look gorgeous when paired with 14k white or yellow gold and set into earrings or a fabulous opal ring.
The name opal is said to have been taken from the ancient sanskrit word "upola", meaning "valuable stone". The ancient Romans called the shimmering gem "opalus", which meant "a stone of several elements". Indeed, in the ancient world, opals, opal earrings, and opal jewelry were much prized for the play of color find in the stone called "opalescence".
Formed over 100 million years ago, opal is one of the few gemstones to form in sedimentary rock. Even today, opal contains 6-10 percent water, leftovers from an ancient sea from which it was created.
Opal earrings come in a wide range of colors including white crystal coloring to black coloring. By far, black opals are considered more expensive because the interplay of the rainbow of colors is seen more dramatically.
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