opal synonyms

opal

n.

silica, semiprecious stone, opaline; see gem 1, jewel 1.

Types of opals include: fire, precious, noble, harlequin, black, common, resin, pitch, wood, cacholong, girasol, hyalite, geyserite, menilite.

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