Had a good customer give me my kinda gift… an opal. It is from Africa and looks good enough to eat. A shere shaped white opal that piles upinside the small half shell like opalized whip c ream with clear crystal windows into the froth here and there. The rainbow spectrum of collrs in the whitest of white is lovely. I am used to seeing the dark chocolate centered variety that are quite beautiful but this one is refreshing to see and acts like, I know it sounds crazy, but it acts like a cleansing of the palate, as if looking at opals were like consuming gourmet food! This Yowah opal field gal finds Ethiopian, altho a volcanic form of opal, to be breath taking. And at my age takin’ breaths is real important…oh oh I wonder if the fact my birthday was yesterday had anything to do with “age” comment?