Opal
About Opal
Opal is the gem that flashes moving patches of rainbow colour, called play-of-colour, so that no two stones ever look alike. Each opal in this collection is a single natural stone, photographed as it is and priced individually, with Ethiopian and Australian stones named where the origin is known.
- Natural, certified gemstones
- Expert advice before you buy
- Delivery across Pakistan
- Price shared on call
How play-of-colour works
Precious opal is made of tiny silica spheres stacked in neat rows with water held between them. Light passing through this structure splits into spectral colours, which shift as you move the stone. The size of the spheres decides which colours appear: smaller ones give blues and greens, larger ones allow oranges and reds too.
Types you will find
- Ethiopian (Welo) opal – often a white to clear body with bright, vivid fire, offering strong colour at fair prices.
- Australian opal – the historic benchmark, from white opal to rarer dark and black opal, where the dark body makes colours look especially intense.
- Crystal opal – a transparent to semi-transparent body that lets colour glow from deep inside.
- Fire opal – a yellow, orange or red body colour, with or without play-of-colour.
Five things that set an opal’s price
- Brightness of the play-of-colour, the most important factor.
- Colours present – red and orange flashes are rarer than blue and green.
- Pattern – broad flashes and attractive patterns command more than pinpoint speckles.
- Body tone – darker bodies usually raise the value.
- Size, shape and soundness – larger, well-domed stones without cracks or crazing cost more.
Each listing’s per-carat rate is its price divided by carat weight.
Natural opal, synthetics and doublets
Lab-created opal often shows a regular, “lizard-skin” or columnar pattern that looks too orderly. Opalite glass glows milky blue without real play-of-colour. Doublets and triplets are thin slices of opal glued to a backing and sometimes topped with clear quartz; look at the side of the stone for a join line. A certificate of authenticity is available on request, and independent lab testing can be arranged.
Opal in tradition
Opal is an October birthstone. In South Asian astrology it is linked with Venus (Shukra) and traditionally worn for creativity and harmony in relationships, sometimes as an alternative to diamond. These are beliefs rather than guaranteed effects; consult an astrologer if this guides your choice.
Buying opal from solsticsstones
- We inspect every opal and photograph it to show its play-of-colour fairly. Orders reach every city in Pakistan by insured, tracked courier, and Cash on Delivery lets you open the parcel and check the stone before paying. You have 7 days from delivery to return an unused stone under our return policy.
Questions people ask
Ethiopian opal often has a white to clear body with vivid fire at fair prices, and many are hydrophane. Australian opal is the historic benchmark and includes rare dark and black opal.
An original Pukhraj has an even yellow colour, high transparency, a hardness of 9 and no bubbles or dye. The only certain way is laboratory verification, which we support for every stone we sell.
In astrology, Yellow Sapphire is linked to Jupiter and is traditionally worn for wisdom, prosperity and marital happiness. We recommend consulting a qualified astrologer to confirm it suits your birth chart before wearing.
Most sapphires are gently heated to improve colour and clarity, which is accepted in the trade. Untreated, natural-colour stones are rarer and priced higher. Each listing states the treatment where it is known.
- Yes. We deliver Pukhraj with cash on delivery to Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar and every city in Pakistan.
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