Mineral variety Healing crystal

Fire opal

✦ Stone of Passion ✦

Crystal lore: 🌿 Healing 🔥 Confidence 🎨 Creativity

Also known as: Mexican fire opal

Orange Yellow Brown Multicolor & Iridescent

Variety of Opal.

Fire opal specimen — Opledefeu.jpg · Wikimedia Commons (see file page for author & license)

Properties

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Streak	red
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🌍 Where it's found

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🔗 See also

Black Opal: Australia's dark precious opal
Opalite: man-made glass, not opal

💡 Good to know

Mexican fire opal comes mostly from the Querétaro and Jalisco highlands. It is the classic transparent orange-red opal and may or may not show play-of-colour.

✨ Metaphysical & Folklore

These are traditional and folk beliefs from crystal lore. They are not scientific or medical claims – crystals are not a substitute for professional care.

Mexican fire opal is associated with passion, energy and encouragement.