No Viagra, Just Get Fire Opal!‪!‬ Gem Junkies

Mexican Fire Opal is what is up for the week! Yes, Jonathan and Brecken covered opal in 2 prior podcast episodes but thought it would be best to go into a little more detail about this mystical stone. From Aztec lore to the very core of how this opal is formed.

[Warning: we experience some technical difficulties in the middle of the recording so we apologize for the intermittent sound quality.]

00:24:00 Gemma and a little story time
03:05:00 Mexican Fire Opal introduction
03:47:00 Mexican Fire Opal
04:33:00 Aztec name for Opal
06:19:00 Where it is found
07:18:00 How is it formed?
07:41:00 Hardness
07:55:00 How is it formed (continued)
09:18:00 It almost appears to glow
09:51:00 Fire Opal/Mexican Fire opal mix-up
11:23:00 Play of color
11:52:00 Base colors of Fire Opal
12:58:50 Transparency
13:29:00 Faceted Fire Opal
14:34:00 Needles
15:19:00 Water content in opal
16:58:50 Amorphous crystal structure
18:54:00 Leopard Opal
19:58:50 Mystical properties