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  2. Halley's Comet Opal - Wikipedia

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    The Halley's Comet Opal is the largest uncut black opal in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It is so named because it was unearthed in 1986, a year when Halley's Comet could be seen from Earth. It is the third largest gem grade black opal ever recorded, the largest one extant, and the largest specimen ever found in ...

  3. List of individual gemstones - Wikipedia

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    Andamooka Opal, presented to Queen Elizabeth II, also known as the Queen's Opal; Flame Queen Opal; Galaxy Opal; Halley's Comet Opal, the world's largest uncut black opal; Olympic Australis Opal, reported to be the largest and most valuable gem opal ever found

  4. Gemstone - Wikipedia

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    Group of precious and semiprecious stones—both uncut and faceted—including (clockwise from top left) diamond, uncut synthetic sapphire, ruby, uncut emerald, and amethyst crystal cluster. A gemstone (also called a fine gem , jewel , precious stone , semiprecious stone , or simply gem ) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or ...

  5. World's most expensive opal literally glows in the dark - AOL

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    Meet the "Virgin Rainbow" – perhaps the finest and certainly the most expensive opal on record. It literally glows in the dark. In fact, as it gets darker around the opal, the opal appears ever ...

  6. Opal - Wikipedia

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    Multicolored rough opal specimen from Virgin Valley, Nevada, US. The Virgin Valley [39] opal fields of Humboldt County in northern Nevada produce a wide variety of precious black, crystal, white, fire, and lemon opal. The black fire opal is the official gemstone of Nevada. Most of the precious opal is partial wood replacement.

  7. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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    Actinolite. Nephrite (var.); Adamite; Aegirine; Afghanite; Agrellite; Algodonite; Alunite; Amblygonite; Analcime; Anatase; Andalusite. Chiastolite; Andesine ...