8157

Category:	Polished Specimen
Price:	USD $300
Opal Type:	Specimen
Stone Size:	45x35x20 mm
Weight:	46.00 Grams
Color:	Green Blue
Shape:	Freeform
Natural Opal Type:	Natural Opal Type 3 (Matrix)
Body Tone (Darkness):	N1 (Black)
Transparency:	Opaque
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Interesting ironstone patterns with some green boulder opal features.Yowah 鈥榥uts鈥� get there name from the fact that when they are found in the ground, they resemble nuts that have fallen off a tree, but when they are sliced, it is often discovered that there is a kernel of opal. of course, this event is very rare. You can cut or break many thousands of nuts without so much as finding a flash of color. This is what makes them such collectors items. this particular piece is Yowah matrix.