Abakɔsɛm a Ɛfa Andamooka Opal Ho ne Sɛnea Wɔsa No

[Akenkan Bere: Simma 10].

Wɔ South Australia no, wodii kan huu Opal wɔ Andamooka wɔ 1930 mfe no mu. Sam Brookes ne Roy Sheppard na wohuu Andamooka Opal a edi kan no. Bere a aprannaa bi kyeree wɔn no, wɔde wɔn ho kɔhyɛɛ dua bi ase bere a ɔbotan fɛfɛ bi kyeree wɔn ani ntwea so no. Wɔdaa nsuo nketewa adi wɔ ɛno akyi a Lambina wɔ afe 1930 mu ne Stuart Creek wɔ afe 1947. Opal a ɛwɔ Andamooka wɔ po mu teateaa ‘Bulldog Shale’ a ɛyɛ Marree Kuo ketewa a ɛwɔ Cretaceous Mfitiaseɛ berɛ no fã titire no mu.

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Andamooka Opal a wagye din

Wɔsan frɛ Andamooka Opal sɛ “Ɔhemmaa Opal”. Wɔtwitwaa no na wɔde sii hɔ yɛɛ no ​​palladium choker nnwontofo kuw a emu duru yɛ carat 18 wɔ 1954. Wɔde maa Ɔhemmaa Elizabeth II bere a esii sɛ ɔman no akwantu a edi kan a wɔama ho kwan kɔɔ Australia no sii hɔ no. Mprempren wobu kɔnmuade ne asomuade sɛ Ɔhemmaa Elizabeth II abotiri titiriw no fã titiriw. Ná Opal a etwa to no mu duru yɛ karat 203.

Wohuu Andamooka wɔ 1930 mu, na wobu no sɛ ɛyɛ Australia opal mfuw a agye din sen biara no mu biako. Ɛde opal asinasin anaa sets a ɛyɛ fɛ sen biara te sɛ “The Andamooka Matrix Opal”, a wɔsan frɛ no “The Queen’s Opal” a yɛaka ho asɛm wɔ atifi hɔ no bi aba. Asɛmfua Andamooka no firii Aboriginefoɔ din mu, a ɛkyerɛ ‘Nsuo Tokuru Kɛseɛ’. Ɛwɔ Adelaide atifi fam kilomita 600, na ɛno nkutoo ne Australia kurow a wɔammɔ mmɔnten no biara din.

Andamooka Opal Ayaresa

Andamooka opal a wotu no yɛ nea wonim no yiye sɛ ɛyɛ opal a emu yɛ hare, a ɛma opal fitaa a ɛyɛ ahwehwɛ no yɛ basaa, ɛtɔ mmere bi a wɔfrɛ no “nufusu” opal.

Matrix Opal yɛ opal a ɛma nsu fa mu, na efi Andamooka, South Australia. Abotan so opal ahorow nso pue wɔ Andamooka. Abotan a ɛwɔ mpɔtam hɔ no mu dodow no ara yɛ quartzite na enti ɛtɔ da bi a Opal no yɛ wɔ saa ɔbotan a ɛyɛ den yiye yi ntam. Wɔfrɛ eyinom sɛ “mmea a wɔayɛ wɔn mfonini”.

Wɔtaa yɛ Andamooka matrix opal ho adwuma ma kɔla no tu mpɔn denam nipadua tuntum a wɔde carbon tuntum di dwuma so. Saa ayaresa yi hwehwɛ sɛ wɔde nnuru a wɔde sa ɔbo no nyinaa di dwuma. Sɛ efi asase so ba a, ebetumi ayɛ te sɛ nea ɛyɛ pasty koraa, nanso ɛdenam carbon dye kwan a wɔde di dwuma so no awiei koraa no ɛte sɛ Opal a ɛyɛ anigye kɛse.

Sɛ wɔyɛ ho adwuma koraa wie a, wɔfrɛ no Andamooka aduru matrix opal. Sɛ wɔde asikre a ɛdɔɔso a wɔde nsu afra mu a, wɔtaa de sulphuric acid a ɛyɛ den gu aguaree mu fã bi di akyi. Asikre ahorow no tow wɔ limestone matrix no mu, na afei acid no noa no na ɛno ma asikre fitaa a atwa opal kotoku ahorow ho ahyia no dan carbon tuntum. Nea efi mu ba ne sɛ matrix a ayɛ sum no kata opal kotoku ahorow a ɛmma hann nkɔ mu no ho. Wɔn a wotu fam no binom faa nea edi kan no na wɔtɔn kɔɔ amannɔne sɛ Lightning Ridge Black opal. Bere a wɔdaa nsisi no adi akyi no, bere bi bae a obiara rentɔ matrix a wɔayɛ no aduru. Nanso kɔla ahorow a ɛyɛ nwonwa ne aboɔden abo a eye sen biara no matrix tuntum a ɛyɛ fɛ no de su ahorow a ɛma Lightning Ridge black opal gye din no ma ankasa. Saa matrix abo yi a wɔde sa yare no hwehwɛ sɛ wɔfa ɔkwan a ɛnyɛ den koraa a wɔfa so yɛ abo no ho adwuma.

Ɛtɔ mmere bi a, wɔde epoxy glass resin di dwuma de ma abo no hyerɛn fɛfɛɛfɛ. Wubetumi ahu wɔ ha .

Andamooka Dinosaur Nnompe

Wɔahu dinosaur nnompe ne nnompe wɔ Andamooka na mprempren pii wɔ tete nneɛma akorae. Australia dinosaur ahorow adi fi mfe ɔpepem 100 kosi 240 a ɛde wɔn kɔ Jurassic ne Cretaceous bere mu. Aman pii wɔ dinosaur nnompe nanso Australia nkutoo na wɔahu dinosaur a wɔayɛ no opalized sɛ opalized fossil .

Andamooka Opal Boɔ a Ɛwɔ Hɔ

Matrix opal betumi ayɛ nea ne bo yɛ den koraa, na ɛyɛ soronko wɔ opal tuntum ankasa no ho. Wɔ adetɔfo no fam no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔne opal tɔnfo bi hu sɛ ebia woretɔ tuntum anaa Andamooka matrix opal abo a ɛyɛ nokware anaa .

Sɛnea Wɔyɛ Andamooka Matrix Opal

• Nnwinnade a wɔde di dwuma no yɛ mfitiasede paa. Sɛ wopɛ ɔhyew a, fa anyinam ahoɔden frypan dedaw bi a ɛwɔ thermostat control di dwuma. Ɛho hia yiye sɛ woremma opal no nyɛ hyew dodo efisɛ ebetumi abubu bere a ɛyɛ hyew dodo.

• Fa asikre kuruwa 1 a wɔde afrafra (ɛte sɛ nea fitaa anaa bruu nyɛ nsonsonoe biara) gu pyrex anaa kuruwa foforo a ɔhyew ntumi nkɔ mu a nsu a ɛne no yɛ pɛ wom mu na ma ɛyɛ hyew kosi sɛ asikre no bɛbɔ.

• Fa frypan no to bɛyɛ mfinimfini ma ɔhyew nhyehyɛe no. Wobetumi de pyrex kuruwa no ahyɛ frypan no so tẽẽ.

• Ansa na wɔbɛsa matrix opal no yareɛ no ɛhia sɛ wɔtwa no na wɔyɛ no nsɛsoɔ na wɔde anhwea gu mu nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ no fɛfɛɛfɛ. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde ɔhyew a emu nyɛ den ma opal no we yiye na ama nsu biara a ɛwɔ ɔbo no mu ntini nketenkete no mu. Kwati sɛ wode wo nsateaa bɛka ɔbo no efisɛ ngo a efi wo nsateaa mu betumi aka ayaresa no.

• Afei wɔde ɔbo anaa abo no gu asikre srade aduru no mu na wɔnoa nnɔnhwerew 8 ne nea ɛka ho. Bere a wɔde noa aduan no yɛ nea wobetumi asusuw ho kakra na egyina abo no mu porosity so. Matrix a ɛwɔ porous paa bɛtwe asikre aduru no ntɛmntɛm sen matrix a ɛyɛ den. Minnim sɛnea mɛhwɛ bere tenten a ebegye nanso ɛte sɛ nea nnɔnhwerew 8 yɛ mfiase pa.

• Sɛ wonoa wie a, ma wɔnnwo. Ebia ɛho behia wɔ saa bere yi mu sɛ wɔde nsu bi ka asikre a wɔde ahyɛ mu no ho sɛ ɛyɛ den dodo esiane sɛnea ɛyɛ hyew esiane sɛnea wɔnoa no nti a.

• AKWANKYERƐ A ƐDI HƆ NO YƐ ASIANE KƐSEƐ SƐ ƐFA SULFURIC ACID a ƐYƐ MMƆDENBƆ KƐSEƐ HO. EYI YƐ NSƐM KƐSE NA FUMU NO SAN BETUMI YƐ ASIANE.

• Fa sulphuric acid 93% a wonya fi nnuruyɛfo bi hɔ di dwuma.

• Fa kakraa bi gu pyrex kuruwa mu na fa gu kyɛnsee no mu . Frypan no wɔ ɔdan bi a mframa fa mu yiye mu.

• Sɛ wode acid no rehyɛ kuruwa no mu a wɔkamfo kyerɛ sɛ fa rɔba nsateaa ne aniwa ho banbɔ di dwuma efisɛ sɛ acid no petepete wo honam ani a, ɛbɛhyew wo kɛse, enti hwɛ yiye. Afei nso hwie acid no ngu nsu mu da efisɛ ɛbɛyɛ basabasa na ebetumi apete wo. Ɛyɛ papa sɛ wode akataso nso di dwuma.

• Afei wɔde ahwɛyiye yi abo no fi asikre a wɔde ahyɛ mu no mu denam plastic tweezers (ɛnyɛ dade de efisɛ ɛne acid no bɛyɛ adwuma) na afei wɔde ahwɛyiye de gu acid no mu bere a wɔama asikre a ɛboro so no atɔ afi abo no so awie no. Mmɔ mmɔden sɛ wobɛpopa abo no wɔ saa bere yi mu. Afei wobetumi anoa abo no wɔ acid a ayɛ hyew no mu nnɔnhwerew abien ne nea ɛka ho. Saa bere yi de wɔn kɔla asesa. Afei wobetumi de plastic tweezers ayi afi hɔ yiye na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde gu kuruwa foforo a asikre a ɛnyɛ den anaasɛ bicarbonate of soda aduru wom mu. Eyi yɛ nea wɔde bɛma acid no ayɛ nea ɛnyɛ hwee.

• Simma kakraa bi akyi no afei wobetumi ahwɛ wɔn ɛwom sɛ ɛda so ara wɔ polishing a etwa to a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ de. Bere a ɛyɛ nsu no wubehu nsakrae a ɛyɛ nwonwa a aba no. Afei de opal no kɔla ahorow bɛda adi pefee.

Sɛ na matrix no yɛ den yiye a ɛsɛ sɛ afei wutumi yɛ ɔbo no fɛfɛɛfɛ. Ɛyɛ papa sɛ woremfa cerium oxide anaa tin oxide nni dwuma efisɛ polishing compound no tumi kɔ pores no mu na wohu no sɛ nsensanee fitaa nketenkete a ebetumi asɛe soro. Fa aboa nhoma lap a 50,000 grade diamond wom di dwuma ma polishing no.

Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhwɛ yiye kɛse na wɔamfa nhyɛso pii anhyɛ mu efisɛ eyi bɛma ɔhyew pii aba na ebetumi apaapae ɔbo no mu. Ebia matrix a ɛwɔ porous kɛse no renkɔ polish koraa. Sɛ eyi te saa a wobetumi de ahwehwɛ a ɛyɛ nsu akata ɔfasu no so ma ayɛ nea wɔayɛ no fɛfɛɛfɛ kɛse. Mebɛka saa ayaresa yi ho asɛm wɔ post foforo mu.

Mma wo werɛ mmfi sɛ wobɛtow acid no agu yiye. Fa acid no gu nsu mu brɛoo paa na afei sie wɔ turo no mu bere a ayɛ mmerɛw kɛse no. Mfa nsu nhyɛ acid no mu efisɛ ɛbɛpetepete na ɛnyɛ den sɛ ɛbɛpetepete wo so de apira wo. Sɛ ɛba saa a, fa nsu hohoro baabi a ɛho ayɛ den no yiye. Sɛ obi wɔ asɛm bi wɔ saa ayaresa yi anaa ayaresa foforo biara ho a, yɛsrɛ wo ntwentwɛn wo nan ase sɛ ɔbɛka ho asɛm. Na saa kwan yi ayɛ adwuma ama me na mewɔ aboɔ bi a ɛyɛ fɛ paa a ɛte sɛ quality black opal yie na ɛho ka sua koraa sɛ wɔde toto ho a.

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