Precious crystal opal core (wood replacment) from the Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine, located in Northern Nevada.

I found this piece myself while visiting in july, 2024. This beautiful opal core weighs in at 22.55 carats. It displays a crystal-clear base color, and a ghostly contra luz play-of-color that ranges from electric blue, to swamp green, to a light red.

Virgin Valley precious opal wood replacment is considered quite rare. Cores occure when the very center of a limb, twig, or root become completely opalized. Cores are often wrapped in "sleeves" of partly opalized material, and can be very tricky to find! They're known for intense and introcate play of color.

There are very few precious wood deposits globally. Virgin valley might be the most famous, making the specimens from this location sought after world-wide! If you happen to have any questions, please feel free to message me, Im more than happy to help!

(Shipped wet, and packed safley in a plastic container. Comes with in the glass dome shown in video too.)