What are the differences between natural opal and artificial opal?
Natural opal is very popular with collectors and has a very high collection value, but artificial opal has no such collection value. So what are the differences between natural opal and artificial opal? How to distinguish between natural opal and artificial opal? Let's take a look!
The difference between natural opal and artificial opal
The most important difference between natural opal and artificial opal is reflected in the "cat's eye". Natural opal will only show a bright band at the top of the curved line under natural light, but two or three bright bags with uneven brightness can be seen on the artificial opal.
Observing the opal with a magnifying glass can also reveal a distinct difference between natural opal and artificial opal. Natural opal is a regular floc structure with good layering, while artificial opal is a hexagonal honeycomb structure with many differences. For example, when using light to illuminate the opal opal from the right side, the cat's eye The right side of the stone will show a honey color, the left side will be milky white, and the artificial opal stone will not have such a color reaction.
The difference between natural opal and artificial opal is also reflected in the color. Natural opal stones are only available in yellow-green and brown colors. Under the illumination of incandescent lamps, there will be orange reflections, and there will be no red-blue color. Artificial opal stone is made of artificial glass fiber or semi-precious stones such as nephrite or kyanite, so there are many colors such as yellow, blue or green, so it is generally the opal of this color. They are all artificial opal stones.
The difference between natural opal and artificial opal is also easy to find in appearance and color. Natural opal can show light, while artifacts are dull and lacking in beauty.
How to distinguish between natural opal and artificial opal? The above describes the difference between natural opal and artificial opal from four aspects, I hope to help everyone!
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