Following the publication of Sir Walter Scott's Anne of Geierstein in 1829, opal acquired a less auspicious reputation, people began to associate opals with bad luck and death. It was also said to grant invisibility if wrapped in a fresh bay leaf and held in the hand. In the Middle Ages, opal was considered a stone that could provide great luck because it was believed to possess all the virtues of each gemstone whose color was represented in the color spectrum of the opal.
It is because of black opal's ability to display such vivid and intense colors that black opal is considered to be the most valuable type of opal available today. The common opal, referred to as 'potch', actually enhances the black opal body tone and accentuates the boisterous vibrancy of other colors that black opal can radiate. Typically, common opal is strategically left on the backside of finished black opal stones. Often, black opal stones will contain aspects of common opal which remain intact throughout production.
BLACK OPAL FULL
Coloration can range the full spectrum from white to black and almost everything in between.īlack opal is by far the most valuable and appreciated of all opal varieties, especially those from Australia's famous Lightning Ridge.
The resulting fossils, though not of any extra scientific interest, appeal to collectors because of the stones' myriad combinations of beautiful hues. Opal is a mineraloid that can form or replace fossils. Black Opal represents creation, vitality and menace. Most desired of all opals, the black opal is the official state gemstone for New South Wales. It can be said that she has fallen completely into darkness because of her crazed affections towards Star Savior. In this timeline, Black Opal is a danger to herself and everyone else, using her cursed eye without hesitation to dispose of her enemies, and has converted her blade into a chainsaw for mass slaughter. In the alternate ilL universe, she remained as the second-in-command of Knights Carbuncle. The eye is visible only on her base 6★ illustration.Īfter the collapse of the House of Representatives, Black Opal is drowned in infatuation with the Star Savior. There is however the theory that she has succumbed to some form of corruption similar to Alexandrite. In this alternate future form however, Black Opal has promoted to the title of Grand Master while her subordinate Marshal Morganite promoted to her desk as a seneschal.Īs the name suggests, she is a member of the Opal Tribe, but she has decided to abandon her post as the chieftain and left her hometown, in the hope of living as a swordsman.īlack Opal's left eye is corrupted and enchanted, though how she got it and what it exactly does is still unexplained, and she herself refuses to use it. Material - Damage Dealt, Critical Damage Dealt, Block, Counterīlack Opal is a member of Knights Carbuncle and is the second-in-command after Garnet.Amulet - Damage Dealt, Critical Damage Dealt, Freeze, Petrify, Stun, Restrain, Paralysis, Silence.
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