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Mezezo / Shewa opal (Ethiopia)

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Reported finds from this ground.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dpulitzer (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Opal nodules in rhyolitic volcanics

Earlier (1990s) Ethiopian opal source; nodular fire opal

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