IMAGE ON OPAL
A Sydney gem merchant intends to offer to the Commonwealth Government a unique opal, suggesting that it be presented to the Duke of Gloucester or Viscount Mountbatten. The opal, which is of oval cut and measures three-quarters of an inch by threeeighths, shows an image of Queen Victoria, their great-grandmother, which is almost identical with her image on coins minted during her reign. Many opals, says the merchant, contain images. He had seen kangaroos and human figures. One famous opal had a perfect map of Australia in it. An American woman visitor who bought an opal pendant from him some years ago returned very excited the next day to point out the perfect image of a “ Gob,” visible when the pendant was turned upside down.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26232, 16 August 1946, Page 11
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128IMAGE ON OPAL Otago Daily Times, Issue 26232, 16 August 1946, Page 11
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