The Opal Deception is a fantasy novel and falls into the subgenre of young adult fantasy. It is part of the Artemis Fowl series written by Eoin Colfer.
Opal wrote down and memorized the 10 things her daddy told her about mama because she wanted to keep her mother's memory alive after her death. The list served as a way for Opal to remember her mother's characteristics and qualities, and it helped her feel close to her mother even though she was no longer physically present.
Opal promises the store manager that she'll work at the pet store and clean cages in exchange for a red collar and leash for Winn Dixie.
You can fossick for opals in Australia. In the United States several opal mines are open to digging. Sometimes opal claims are available for sale in the Virgin Valley area of Nevada, known for producing the best opal in the United States.
Black opal can be very expensive, only low grade black opal is sold by kilo weight. This low grade is called potch and colour which means that maybe bit of colour might be in this rough black opal I have seen parcels sold for $200 per kilo but it has no colour. Good kilo bucket of rough black opal would cost around $5,000 .00 Black opal is rated by body tone N1 for deep black colour, and N4 for light black colour. So for $5000 per kilo, dont expect N1 body tone. Black opal is sold by carat, and rare patterns are worth $5,000 to $20,000 per carat; especially red fire harlequin pattern n1 body tone, and over brighness rating of 4.
Opals have a special characteristic which makes the gem a rainbow-like iridescence that changes colors when turned at different angles.
it is round ( like and egg), it is really smooth all around it, it comes in: clear through white, gray, red , orange, yellow, green, blue, magenta, rose, pink, slate, olive, brown, and black. it is found in Australia. a opal is an amorphous form of silica related to quartz, a mineraloid form, not a mineral.
Opal is a noun, therefore it is an object and cannot have a past tense. Only verbs can have past tenses. Verbs are actions that you can do, such as walk
A Yowah nut is a boulder opal, a precious stone, originating in Yowah, Australia.