What is an Owyhee Opal?

Owyhee Opal. The Owyhee Opal has many meanings to many different people. In the metaphysical sense this opal is a prism of your inward and outward feelings and can be used to enhance and accentuate these emotions.

What is blue Owyhee Opal?

Owyhee Blue Opal helps to dispel feelings of, shyness, fear, confusion and powerlessness. It helps us to be more decisive, more articulate and brings to us a sense of authority enabling us to speak and act with confidence.

Where is Owyhee Opal found?

The name of Owyhee Blue Opal stones may seem unusual, but it relates to the location where they are found, near the Sacred Indian Springs in Owyhee Oregon. Their color varies from a translucent lavender blue to a lovely medium blue color.

What is Blue Opal?

Blue Opal is a rare variety of the Opal gemstone which is exclusively found in the Andes Mountains near San Patricio in Peru. This soothing light blue colored gemstone is translucent to opaque in appearance. It is regarded as a strong healing gemstone that helps to cure tensed mind, low confidence and emotional scars.

Is blue opal natural?

The blue opal gemstone, like all other types of opal, is not a mineral. Instead, it is an amorphous mineraloid, which means it is a substance that comprises a specific arrangement of smaller microcrystalline silicas, which result in a blue spectrum of light reflection.

Where can I buy Oregon blue opal?

Where to Find Opals in Oregon?

• Baker County. Conner Creek Mining District “Baker Co.”
• Clackamas County. Clackamas River localities “Clackamas Co.”
• Columbia County. Neer Road, Goble “Columbia Co.”
• Crook County.
• Deschutes County.
• Harney County.
• Hood River County.
• Jackson County.

What is a white opal?

White Opal is a white-colored, semi-precious gemstone of the Silicate mineral family. It usually exhibits a unique kaleidoscopic play of color. In vedic astrology, this gemstone is regarded as a good substitute of the precious diamond. It is also worn as October birthstone in the western world.

Where can I find Biggs Jasper?

Biggs jasper

• A piece of Biggs jasper.
• The stone is found near Biggs Junction, Oregon (in the background on the other side of the Columbia River).
• In this piece of Biggs jasper, the border between the jasper at the bottom and the untransformed rock not reached by heat and pressure is visible.