Opal Collection

Opal gem with opal rock
The polished gem is from an unknown locality while the rough specimen of opal rock comes from Baracoo River, Queensland, Australia

Queen Elizabeth II - Royal Tour of Australia - Alice Springs
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip leaving the home of Mrs Elsie Jenkins in Alice Springs after viewing her famous collection of opals. Date: 1963

Zodiac Charms Libra
(opal)

The Opal Sea
A seascape oil painting under a bright, blue sky, with a foreground stony shoreline of rocks and seaweed. Date: circa 1919

Missale Romanum
A picture of the Missale Romanum, the liturgical book of the Roman Rite that contains the texts and rubrics for the celebration of the Mass

Gem bracelets in sapphire, diamond, turquoise, pearl and opal. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Gem brooches in diamond, pearl, enamel, opal and sapphire. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Fifty guinea jewels: brooch, pendant, ring and bracelet in diamond, pearl, opal, sapphire and emerald. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Thirty guinea jewels: brooch, pendant, rin, and bracelet in diamond, opal, pearl and sapphire. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Ten guinea jewels: brooch, pendant, bracelet and ring
Ten guinea jewels: brooch, pendant, bracelet, ring in sapphire, opal, diamond, jade, and enamel. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Cuff links and shirt studs in gold and enamel, opal, sapphire, diamond, turquoise and ruby. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Fine gem rings in ruby, diamond, turquoise and opal. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Opal flower, Lachenalia aloides var. aloides (Lachenalia luteola). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

American advert for McCray Refrigerators - Snow White Opal Glass. Food compartments with run an electric motor with nickel-plated trimmings lined with white opal glass

Mineraux - minerals
A variety of minerals including amethyst quartz, fluorine, agate and beryl. Date: 1930

Precious stones including agate, onyx, opal and sardonyx.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Mrs Roosevelt is escorted by Commandant Pauline Gower as she meets Air Transport Auxiliary pilots. From left: Mrs Opal Anderson, Miss Jane Plant and Miss Virginia Farr

Window glass, Plate 203, showing a range of decorative styles. Date: circa 1880s

Electric ceiling pendant & bracket lights 1929
A variety of ceiling and wall light fittings, two way bracket light, candelabra, ceiling light with opaque opal panes hanging with brass or bronze chains, and a strange light with loose material

Necklace pendants and earrings 1929
Sapphire and diamond necklace pendants and long drop earrings, products for Harrods catalogue jewellery department. Date: 1929

Various Precious Stones
1. RUBY 2. EMERALD 3. GARNET 4. LAPIS LAZULI 5. TURQUOISE 6. DIAMOND 7&8. GOLD 9. SILVER 10. TOPAZ 11. SAPPHIRE 12. AMETHYST 13. OPAL 14. AGATE. Date: circa 1870

Dainty frock of opal hues, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Advert for Mappin & Webb jewellery 1904
Selection of Art Nouveau jewellery, including pendants, brooches and scarf pins. 1904

Opal in its natural form. The boulder has been split open to reveal the shimmering opal inside

Black opal
131-carat black opal found in the Lightning Ridge area of New South Wales, Australia

Opalised snails and clam
Found in the South Australia town of Coober Pedy, these ancient snail and clam shells have been preserved in semi-precious opal

Opal necklace given to the museum in 1958

Birthstone Series: Fire Opal
This specimen is called a fire opal because of its red-orange colour. Many of these specimens originate from Mexico. Opal is the birthstone for the month of October. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Precious opal in ironside nodule
Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass). Specimen found in Queensland, Australia. On display at the Natural History Museum, London

Birthstone Series: Opal
Opal is a form of silica and it is the birthstone (along with Tourmaline) for the month of October. Natural History Museum specimen number: 1908, 235. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass). Specimen from Queensland, Australia

Opal
A cut stone and crystal of opal. Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Opal

Petrified conifer trunk
Containing precious opal, width approx. 10 cm, discovered at White Cliffs, New South Wales, Australia. Dates back to the Late Cretaceous period

Opal
Play of colour in opal (opalescence). Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Precious opal
A Cameo representing the dawn, on a limonitic matrix from Australia. Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Opal
Fire opal in a matrix slab of alunite from Guatemala. Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Opal in matrix specimen

Opal
Boulder or nodular opal in a sandstone matrix from Queensland, Australia. Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Labradorite carving

Opal doublets
Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Black Opal cabochon
A specimen of black opal cabochon from Wallangulla, Queensland, Australia. Opal is not a single crystal, but is made up of tiny spheres of silica

Fluorescent group
A group including amber, ruby, ivory, fluorite and opal photographed in ultra violet light. See 179 for the same group in white light

The Princess Royals dressing case, a wedding gift to the bride from the Duchess of Kent, on the occasion of Victoria(Vicky)s marriage to Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1858

The wedding gifts to the Princess Royal
Emerald and diamond bracelet, and opal and diamond suite, presented to the Victoria(Vicky)(1840-1901)Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria

Lady driver in tiny Austin 7 Opal
A Lady driver in tiny Austin 7 Opal chats to her friend on the pavement outside her suburban home

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