Blue Opal Crystal Guide: meaning, origin & properties
Learn what Blue Opal is, where ours comes from, traditional associations across cultures, and how to identify a real specimen, in our complete Blue Opal Crystal Guide.
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These are A-grade Blue Opal tumbled stones from Acari, Peru, sold by the piece or by the pound. Andean Blue Opal is a common opal, valued for its soft pastel blue rather than play-of-color. Each piece runs 1-1.50 inches at Mohs 5.5 and was bought directly at the source. A favorite stress relief stone for pockets.
Blue Opal is a opal (hydrated silica).
Sourced directly from Arequipa, Peru. Worth knowing: a lot of the blue opal on the market is heat-treated, stabilized, and coated. What we carry is natural and untreated.
Blue opal is traditionally a stone for working through difficult feelings at your own pace, quiet, steady calm, and listening to the quieter signals. It's traditionally linked to the throat and third eye chakras. If that resonates, hold it for a few breaths before a conversation that matters. Let it become part of your own quiet routine.
These are traditional associations drawn from historical practice. This stone is not a substitute for medical or mental health care.
Offered as a starting point for your own practice.
Blue Opal sits at 5.5 on the Mohs scale, about as hard as glass, so it handles daily use but will scratch against harder stones. Long soaks dull the surface, so keep any water contact brief and dry it fully.
Natural blue opal from Acari, Peru. Untreated.
You'll receive pieces from the same batch photographed, weighed to the amount you choose. Every piece passes our quality control and meets or exceeds what you see in the photos. Single specimens are listed separately and say so.
Each piece measures 1 to 1.5 inches on its longest side and weighs 15 to 30 grams. About 16 to 24 pieces per pound at this size, and each option shows its piece count.
Grades reflect visual quality within a batch. A is standard, with typical inclusions. AA shows stronger color, cleaner surfaces and tighter sizing. AAA is the top 10 to 15 percent of a batch. Every lot is inspected and graded by our team in Rockville, Maryland, not taken on the supplier’s word.
This batch is from Arequipa, Peru. It came to us through a direct source, one of the sourcing models we publish and stand behind.
Every lot is inspected and graded by our expert team before it is listed, not taken on the supplier's word. A on this listing means stronger color, cleaner surfaces and tighter sizing than the batch average. Pieces that miss the mark never reach the shop.
How We GradeWe work directly with the mine or workshop, with no intermediaries in between. The relationship is personal, pricing is transparent, and we can speak to each batch. We say what we know and where our tracing stops.
Our Sourcing StandardsEverything we sell is natural in origin: never synthetic, never dyed, never coated. Where a stone has been heated, irradiated or stabilized, which is common in the trade for some species, we say so on the listing. If a piece is not as described, return it within 90 days of delivery.
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