Opal is one of the softer stones that is faceted. Many really only know fire opal that is formed into cabochons, that are white(or black) with a variety of colors reflected out. This type of opal is facetable and takes on the look of a flame with the light return.
I’ve come to not like cutting pear shapes, as they are very time consuming and hard to get the symmetry perfect. This stone has a very small fracture right at the tip that cannot be seen or noticed due to the light return. Even with that, I’m very happy with how this stone turned out.
