Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Picture of the Day - Opalized Limb Cast

This opalized limb cast was found near the Village of Cikole, Maja, Banten Province, Indonesia.
It is 5" inches long and formed in the void space of a limb that was buried in volcanic ash.
Image courtesy of LGF Foundation, Inc. (all rights reserved)

1 comment:

  1. There is a Facebook group already made for these miners and cutters https://www.facebook.com/groups/138040083195416/ The Virgin Valley Opal group https://www.facebook.com/groups/viginvalleyopal/ showcases from Nevada. The opals are so rare being mined in a jungle or in the desert in America the stores can't get enough to sell. It has to be proven dry to trust as a gemstone, but once its been really dried and then cut and dried again and then set; nobody can say it is not gem worthy.

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