Opal

Australian Boulder Opal is found in the desert of Queensland. This region is very harsh, with temperatures that reach over 120 degrees. Opal mining is a very difficult process, and few mines prove to be successful.

Boulder Opal was formed milliions of years ago from a solution that flowed into seams, cracks, and cavaties in a type of sandstone known as Ironstone. Opal is composed of an arrangement of very small silica spheres. The play of color that Opal is known for is the result of the diffraction of light by these spheres and the spaces in between them. Different colors are the result of different sized spheres. For example, the color violet comes from an arrangement of spheres which have diameters of 1,500 angstroms, and red comes from spheres that have diameters of 3,500 angstroms.

Composition: Hydrous Silica, often with some Iron and Aluminum

Hardness: 5 1/2 - 6 1/2

Metaphysical Properties: Boulder Opal represents purity and intensity. It assists in emotional and mental balance, calms the inner soul. Facilitates actualization. Excellent stone for progress, expansion, and development. Helps one connect the consious and subconscious, providing for a clearing understanding of oneself. Facilitates communication between the Earth plane and the star people of this world and other worlds. Clears and brightens tha aura, stimulates healing. It has been used to access spiritual guides and animal guides. It can be used in medicine-wheel ceremony to stabilize energy.

Corresponding Astrological Signs: Opal corresponds to Cancer, Libra, Pisces, and Scorpio. Boulder Opal in particular corresponds to Virgo.

A powerful amulet for persons born under the astrological sign of Libra, the opal increases clairvoyant powers, balances the psyche, sharpens the memory, attract good fortune, and gives healing power to the wearer. Opal is ruled by the Moon, and is sacred to all lunar deities. Black opal is considered to be one of the luckiest gemstones in the world for all twelve signs of the zodiac. Visualization, imagination and thoughts, very fragile, fades/cracks in sun, heat, or salt. Moisten frequently with water or oil. Clarifies by amplifying and mirroring feelings buried, emotions, desires, crown and brow chakras.

Opal-Blue

Color: Blue, grey, white
Chakra: Throat

• Promotes creativity, inspiration, imagination.
• Intensifies the need and ability to express emotions and creativity, enhances expression of repressed emotions.
• Opens communication between people, people and pets, people and spirit guides.
• Helps psychic hearing, sending and receiving; promotes empathy and telepathy.
• Soothes the throat, opens the voice.

Opal-Mexican Fire

Color: Orange and white
Chakra: Belly

• Lights the fires of positive sexuality, Helps sexual healing.
• Opens the pictures held in the belly Chakra; releases and heals memories of incest, rape, and sexual abuse.
• Helps to establish new relationships after trauma.
• Encourages healthy sexuality and healthy sexual relationships (gay or heterosexual), stimulates orgasm.

Opal-Oregon

Color: White
Chakra: Transpersonal point

• Heals and releases past emotional traumas from this and past lives.
• Gently cleanses and heals emotional body and etheric double aura envelope.
• Develops nurturing and self-nurturing, brings about release and relief. Returns and heals lost soul fragments in soul retrieval process, protects soul fragments during healing.
• Inspires imagination, childlike vulnerability, joyful rediscovery of self, positivity, and peace

Opal-White

Color: White
Chakra: Crown

• Opens and amplifies the energy of all the kundalini Chakras, fills the kundalini line with color and light.
• Amplifies negative patterns and behaviors for the purpose of clearing and releasing them.
• Raises the kundalini, increases light and spiritual awareness, enhances spiritual initiation