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page 15  However the use of the gemstone in poetry can be found here and there, even in Bigney's book:  
 * THIS is the land the sunset washes,

These are the banks of the Yellow Sea; Where it rose, or whither it rushes, These are the western mystery! 
 * Night after night her purple traffic

Strews the landing with opal bales; Merchantmen poise upon horizons, Dip, and vanish with fairy sails.
 * — Emily Dickinson, "The Sea of Sunset"

 
 * WHO will praise bestow
 * On the opal’s glow,

Or the diamond’s sparkling sheen,
 * When the richer prize
 * Of my loved one’s eyes

May, in peerless pride, be seen?


 * — Mark F. Bigney, The Forest Pilgrims, and Other Poems

Still better is to focus our attention on the Black Opal.  About 95% of the world Opal gemstones are mined in Australia where it is the national gemstone. Most of the remaining opal gemstone is mined in USA, Mexico and Slovakia. There are 4 main types of natural opal gemstones, namely Black Opal, Boulder Opal, White Opal and Crystal Opal. The rarest and therefore the most expensive is Black Opal. The body of the stone can range from a dark grey to an almost black and this dark coloring allows the fire of the opal to flash in an exceptional way. — gemstone-dictionary.com