4.00 ct. Tanzanian ‘Landscape’ Opal
Color: Medium Dark Slightly Orangish-Yellow
Clarity: Moderately Included
Origin: Tanzania
Cut: Cushion Cabochon
Treatments: None
Measurements: 11.6 x 10.3 mm
There really are some lovely Opals coming from Tanzania; stones with a bright yellow bodycolor, some degree of chatoyancy and some that have fascinating dendritic like inclusions. Quite occasionally when sorting through a parcel of this material, you can find a stone that combines all three of these characteristics into one very unique and wonderful piece. We admit to making up the name ‘landscape’ to describe these, but it is at least as apt as many names floating around the market. This lovely stone, in any light, has a fine dendritic pattern that it reminiscent of a moody forest landscape. But the real treat is the moderate chatoyancy that comes alive when the stone is in motion. Suddenly you add a layer of fog or low clouds to the landscape. Lovely effect and a fine stone - very, very few are this good.