Pink Peruvian Opal

Pink Peruvian Opals are fairly new on the scene. The stone was only discovered in 1989. Peruvian Pink Opal is relatively rare and is only found in the Andes Mountains near San Patricio, Peru.

The Pink Opal derives its color from trace amounts of included organic compounds known as quinones. These Opals range from opaque to translucent, and depending on how the stone is cut, the color will either be clear or show the stone’s matrix and inclusions. (Like Agates, some Peruvian Opals show the scenic fern-like dendritic inclusions.) Peruvian Opal is also known as Andean Opal.

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Opal was formed many millions of years ago, when a combination of silica and water flowed into cracks and spaces in the ground. This then gradually hardened and solidified to become Opal. Opals contain water, which makes them very sensitive to heat. They are soft and can be cracked or chipped easily.

Peruvian Pink Opal ranges from 5.5-6.5 on the Moh’s scale.

 

Birthstone for October

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Pink Peruvian opal is associated primarily with the heart chakra.   It is a stone of love and gentleness.  It brings energies of gentle love and kindness to both romantic relationships and relationships of other kinds.  

As with other Opals, it also brings inspiration, imagination and creativity.  Sleeping with pink opal or holding it while in meditation helps to bring compassion and a gentle resolution of painful memories. It can help release inhibitions and brings happy dreams.  It also eases the process of change.

Physically, Pink Peruvian Opal is helpful for eyesight, heart disease and injury, Parkinson's disease, lungs, and spleen.  Peruvian pink opal is also said to help with stress reduction, fatigue, and weight loss. 

Despite its natural color, this is not a soft pillowy kind of energy, but rather incredibly vibrant and stimulating. It raises ones spirit and elevates the mood. This "euphoria" is not the kind that you lose your thought process, but it more attunes you to the natural pulse of love, which of course brings about the shift in attitude, mood and mind. Which in turn helps in balancing the art of giving and receiving. Often we are drawn to one or the other, and have trouble balancing...this Opal will help one to see that both side (like ying & yang) are necessary and both are needed for wholeness.