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Wegel Tena / Wollo opal (Ethiopia)

Opal field Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

OpalOpal

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

Why this spot

Opal in Tertiary volcanic ash (welded tuff)

Wollo (Wegel Tena) opal transformed the opal market since 2008; hydrophane behavior

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