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Ethiopia, Amhara

Mezezo (Shewa) Opal, Ethiopia

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

OpalOpal

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: chocolate/orange precious opal

Mezezo/Shewa is the original 1990s Ethiopian precious-opal source, documented.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cliff faces, rockfall

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