CELEBRATING OPALS – A COLORFUL HISTORY
Pliny the Elder, wrote in his Natural History (Naturalis historia) during the first century A.D., “There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald – all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.” Pliny… Read More »CELEBRATING OPALS – A COLORFUL HISTORY