Pink Opal Crystal Guide: meaning, origin & properties
Learn what Pink Opal is, where ours comes from, traditional associations across cultures, and how to identify a real specimen, in our complete Pink Opal Crystal Guide.
Choose Your Amount
Retail prices shown. Your wholesale discount is applied in your bag, based on your bag total.
In stock
These are A-grade Pink Opal hand polished stones from Ica, Peru, sold by the piece or by the pound. Pink Opal is a common opal whose pastel pink comes from palygorskite inclusions rather than play-of-color. Each piece runs 0.75-1.25 inches at Mohs 5-5.5, fully natural and untreated. A favorite self love stone for bedside tables.
Pink Opal is part of the oxide/silicate family.
Our tumbled stones are sourced from Ica, Peru.
Peruvian pink opal discovered and valued in modern times.
Those who work with pink opal often turn to it for opening to connection, with yourself and others, coming back to yourself with kindness, and working through difficult feelings at your own pace. It's traditionally linked to the heart chakra. If that resonates, hold one over your chest for a few breaths when you need to soften. How you use it is up to you.
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.
Pink Opal sits at 5-5.5 on the Mohs scale, soft enough to scratch with a knife, so keep it dry and store it on its own. Long soaks dull the surface, so keep any water contact brief and dry it fully.
Natural pink opal from Ica, Peru. Our Pink Opal is personally selected and we disclose treatment status per batch. If you have questions about your specific lot, reach out to us directly.
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 0.75 to 1.25 inches on its longest side and weighs 5 to 15 grams. About 32 to 48 pieces per pound at this size, and each option shows its piece count.
A Grade indicates consistent pink coloring, good hand polish, and minimal crazing or surface fractures. Pink Opal can develop surface cracking if it dries out rapidly; A grade pieces show solid, stable surfaces. 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.
These stones are sourced from Peru, the primary commercial source for Pink Opal. Peruvian Pink Opal is characterized by its consistent pastel pink color and waxy to matte polish quality. 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.
Returns and Guarantee