Ethiopian Welo Opal - Selection of rough specimens from 1 to 7.5 grams

About the product:

💎 Mineral Type: Welo Opal

🌍 ⛏️ Origin: Ethiopia

📐 Stone dimensions: from 10x10x0.5mm to 35x25x20

⚖️ Weight : 1 to 7.5 grams

🔷 Shape: natural

✨ Color/ Clarity: Red orange Yellow green / Perfect transparency and iridescence

🔬 Treatment: None

📜 Certificate: From Gem & Zen

🎁 Comes with a presentation box with certificate, ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!

💍 Suggested use:

Collectible: Displayed on a stand to highlight the reflections

Personal talisman: Associated with energetic protection

👉 Welo opal, discovered in the 1990s in Ethiopia, quickly conquered the world market with its flamboyant play of colors comparable to Australian opals.

It is also called hydrophane opal because it absorbs water, which can temporarily alter its appearance. A symbol of inner light, it is considered a stone of spiritual elevation and divine connection.

📋

📌 Mineral Sheet – Welo Opal (Ethiopia)

Category	Details
🔹 Name	Welo Opal ( Welo Opal ), also called Ethiopian Opal
🌍 Origin	Wollo (or Welo) Region, Ethiopia
⚛️ Composition	Hydrated silicon dioxide – SiO₂·nH₂O
📐 Crystal system	Amorphous
💎 Family	Oxides – Opal Group
⚖️ Hardness (Mohs)	5.5 to 6.5
🎨 Colors	Translucent to milky base (white, cream, yellowish) with a spectacular play of colors : red, green, blue, orange flashes depending on the angle of light
✨ Appearance	Precious stone, vitreous luster, characteristic multicolored iridescence ( opalescence )
🧘 Virtues & Benefits	- Stone of light and inspiration 🌈 - Stimulates intuition, creativity and imagination - Promotes joy, optimism and spiritual openness - Protects the aura and helps release repressed emotions - Stone of transformation and personal evolution
🔮 Associated Chakras	Coronal 👑, Heart 💚, Throat 🔵
♊ Astrological signs	Gemini ♊, Libra ♎, Sagittarius ♐, Pisces ♓
💧 Purification	Fast fresh water 💧, fumigation, intention; ⚠️ avoid thermal shock (hydrophane opal, sensitive to prolonged water and heat)
🌞 Top-up	Moonlight 🌙, contact with a quartz or amethyst geode