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Gem in the Spotlight: Opal
…enhancing one’s eyesight. Pliny, a prominent Roman scholar in the first century AD, eloquently described opal like this: “For in them you shall see the living fire of the ruby, the glorious purple of the amethyst, the sea green of the emerald, all glittering together in an incredible mixture of light.” During the Middle Ages, opal gained an interesting reputation for preserving blonde hair and was believed to lose its luster in the presence of illness, particularly the …
