fire opal

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fire opal

noun fire opals

uncountable, usually Any transparent to translucent opal with a warm body colour of yellow, orange, or red. […] the body of each high seat was a single jewel of monstrous size: the left-hand seat a black opal, asparkle with steel-blue fire, the next a fire-opal, as it were a burning coal, the third seat an alexandrite, purple like wine by night but deep sea-green by day.
Similar: girasol, girasole, girosol
countable, usually Such opal serving as a gemstone.
Similar: girasol, girasole, girosol

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@misc{fire_opal_2026,
  title = {fire opal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fire%20opal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}