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Definition of Fire opal
1. Noun. An opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors.
Definition of Fire opal
1. Noun. Any transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Fire opal
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1. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1897)
"Fire-opal. Hyacinth-red to honey-yellow colors, with fire-like reflections somewhat
irised wn turning. Var—1. Precious Opal. Exhibits a play of delicate ..."
2. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1920)
"Harlequin opal is a kind presenting a variegated play of colors in a reddish
ground, resembling the fire-opal. 8. Fire-opal. Feueropal, fr. ..."
3. History and Uses of Limestones and Marbles by Sarah Maria Burnham (1883)
"... seven thousand to eight thousand feet, is largely porphyritic; some of the
strata enclose garnets and the beautiful fire-opal, so much admired as a gem. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1902)
"A remarkable fire-opal, brought from Mexico by Alexander von ... This effect is
supposed to have been produced by masses of mosaics of fire-opal. ..."
5. An Introduction to Mineralogy: Adapted to the Use of Schools, and Private by John Lee Comstock (1832)
"fire opal. External characters. This variety differs from the precious opal in
... The colour of fire opal is bluish white, milk white, or yellowish. ..."
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