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Hydrated amorphous form of silica
Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·nH2O); its water content may range from 3% to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6% and 10%. Due to
Opal
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up opal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Opal is a gemstone. Opal or OPAL may also refer to: Opal, Alberta Opal Hills, Jasper National Park, Alberta
Opal_(disambiguation)
American activist
Opal Lee (born October 7, 1926) is an American retired teacher, counselor, and activist who was a leader in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally
Opal_Lee
The Opal (1851–1860) is a ten volume journal written, edited and printed by the patients of the Utica State Lunatic Asylum, circa 1851. On its more than
The_Opal
Functional programming language
OPAL (OPtimized Applicative Language) is a functional programming language first developed at Technische Universität Berlin. There is a later framework
Opal_(programming_language)
Contactless fare collection system used in New South Wales, Australia
Opal is a contactless smartcard fare collection system for public transport services in New South Wales, Australia. Operation of the Opal system is managed
Opal_card
American rock band
Opal was an American rock band in the 1980s. They were part of the Paisley Underground musical style. The band's name is derived from "Opel", a song by
Opal_(band)
2000 children's novel written by Kate DiCamillo
author Kate DiCamillo published in the year 2000. The story follows India Opal Bulloni, a ten-year-old girl who, after moving to Naomi, Florida with her
Because_of_Winn-Dixie
Transport ticketing upgrade for New South Wales
Opal 2.0 (formerly known as Opal Next Gen) is an upcoming enhancement of the Opal card ticketing system for public transport in New South Wales, Australia
Opal_2.0
Chewy fruit-flavoured sweets
Starburst (originally known as Opal Fruits) is the brand name of a box-shaped, fruit-flavoured soft taffy manufactured by the Wrigley Company, which is
Starburst_(candy)
Town in South Australia
The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals mined there. A blower truck is raised above
Coober_Pedy
Record label
Opal Tapes is an English independent record label that releases abstracted forms of house music, techno, and other types of electronic music. Founded by
Opal_Tapes
Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 1995
Hurricane Opal was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that caused severe and extensive damage along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States in
Hurricane_Opal
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up opals in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Opals are gemstones. Opals may also refer to: OPALS, space experiment Australia women's national basketball
Opals_(disambiguation)
Thai model and beauty pageant titleholder (born 2003)
สุชาตา ช่วงศรี; born 20 September 2003) also known by the Thai nickname Opal (Thai: โอปอล) is a Thai model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss
Suchata_Chuangsri
American actor (born 1950)
narration in the UFC's cold open promos for pay-per-view events. Perlman married Opal Stone, an Afro-Jamaican jewelry designer, on Valentine's Day 1981 and they
Ron_Perlman
Opal given to Queen Elizabeth II
Other notable individual opals: Galaxy Opal Flame Queen Opal Halley's Comet Opal Olympic Australis Opal "The Andamooka Opal Necklace and Earrings". From
Andamooka_Opal
The Koroit opal field is an opal mining area in Paroo Shire in South West Queensland, Australia. It is located about 80 km north northwest of Cunnamulla
Koroit_opal_field
Female given name
Opal is a primarily feminine given name derived from the name of the gemstone opal. The gemstone is the birthstone for October. Its name is derived from
Opal_(given_name)
Town in South Australia
Kokatha people. Opal was discovered in 1930, leading to the development of the Andamooka Opal Field, one of Australia's historic opal-producing regions
Andamooka,_South_Australia
Australian factual television series
Outback Opal Hunters is an Australian factual television show which follows opal miners across various sites in the Australian states of New South Wales
Outback_Opal_Hunters
American alternative rock band
remnants of the group Opal. Founding member David Roback's friend Hope Sandoval became the group's vocalist when Kendra Smith left Opal. Mazzy Star is best
Mazzy_Star
Data storage device security specification
The Opal Storage Specification is a set of specifications for features of data storage devices (such as hard disk drives and solid state drives) that enhance
Opal_Storage_Specification
Type of Australian gasoline
Opal is a variety of low-aromatic 91 RON petrol developed in 2005 by BP Australia to combat the rising use of gasoline as an inhalant in remote Indigenous
Opal_(fuel)
American soccer player (born 1998)
Opal Courtney Curless (born May 18, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender. Curless is 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall at 58 kg
Opal_Curless
American nature writer and diarist (1897–1992)
Opal Irene Whiteley (December 11, 1897 – February 16, 1992) was an American nature writer and diarist who gained international fame for the publication
Opal_Whiteley
List of ships with the same or similar names
Royal Navy named HMS Opal: HMS Opal (1875), an Emerald-class steam corvette launched in 1875 and sold for scrap in 1891. HMS Opal (1915), an Admiralty
HMS_Opal
High-rise residential tower in Sydney
Opal Tower is a high-rise residential tower located in the suburb of Sydney Olympic Park in the Australian state of New South Wales. Completed in August
Opal_Tower_(Sydney)
2014 children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson
Opal Plumstead is a 2014 children's novel written by British author Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by British illustrator Nick Sharratt. The plot revolves
Opal_Plumstead
Town in New South Wales, Australia
Highway. The Lightning Ridge area is a centre of the mining of black opal and other opal gemstones. The traditional owners of the land around Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge, New South Wales
Lightning_Ridge,_New_South_Wales
Apple cultivar
Opal is the brand name for apple cultivar 'UEB 32642'. The variety originates from a natural crossing of 'Golden Delicious' with 'Topaz'. Developed by
Opal_(apple)
Pacific typhoon in 1964
Typhoon Opal, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Naning, was an intense Category 5-equivalent typhoon in the extremely active 1964 Pacific typhoon
Typhoon_Opal_(1964)
American musician and animator (born 1996)
(2013), Viator (2015), Reviator (2017) Pop Food (2017), HiLo (2018), and Opal (2020). The first two tracks of Pop Food, "Buttercup" and "Oh Klahoma", went
Jack_Stauber
American politician (born 1986)
Lauren Opal Boebert (/ˈboʊbərt/ BOH-bərt; née Roberts; born December 19, 1986) is an American politician, businesswoman, and gun rights activist serving
Lauren_Boebert
Mountain in Alberta, Canada
situated in the Opal Hills, west of Opal Lake and 5.44 km (3.38 mi) northwest of Leah Peak. Based on the Köppen climate classification, Opal Peak is located
Opal_Peak
List of storms with the same or similar names
The name Opal has been used for twelve tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean and eleven in the Western Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic:
List_of_storms_named_Opal
The OPAL Soil Centre is one of five centres of expertise under the Open Air Laboratories Network (OPAL). The OPAL Soil Centre is based at the Centre for
OPAL_Soil_Centre
World's largest polished opal gemstone
The Galaxy Opal is the world's largest polished opal, certified by the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992. It was found at the Boi Morto Mine in Brazil
Galaxy_Opal
American writer
Anthony Opal is an American poet, translator, and editor. His books include Action (2014), Procession (2020), and The Roof Above Our Heads (2021), as well
Anthony_Opal
British rock band
Opal Butterfly was an English psychedelic rock group from Oxfordshire, which was active between 1968 and 1970. Although the band itself did not gain widespread
Opal_Butterfly
Horse race
The Black Opal Stakes is a Canberra Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for two-year-olds, at set weights, over a distance of 1200 metres, held
Black_Opal_Stakes
American television soap opera
and Tad's natural mother Opal (Dorothy Lyman) was also added to the canvas, where she opens the Glamorama salon and spa. Opal greatly showcased All My
All_My_Children
Particle physics experiment at CERN
OPAL was one of the major experiments at CERN's Large Electron–Positron Collider. OPAL studied particles and their interactions by collecting and analysing
OPAL_experiment
Building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Opal Tower (officially known as Opal 3, Leeds) is a 25-storey building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It serves as student accommodation for 542 students
Opal_Tower_(Leeds)
American human rights activist
Ayọ Tometi Listen(born August 15, 1984), formerly known as Opal Tometi, is an American human rights activist, writer, strategist, and community organizer
Ayọ_Tometi
Record-setting black opal
The Halley's Comet Opal is the largest uncut black opal in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It is so named because it was unearthed
Halley's_Comet_Opal
2005 American film
India Opal Buloni has just moved to the (fictional) small town of Naomi, Florida with her father, who is a preacher. While shopping at Winn-Dixie, Opal encounters
Because_of_Winn-Dixie_(film)
2006 Australian film
Opal Dream (also known as Pobby and Dingan) is a 2006 drama film, based on the 2000 Ben Rice novella Pobby and Dingan, directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring
Opal_Dream
Optical effect displayed by opal
of color is an optical phenomenon associated with the mineraloid gemstone opal, a hydrated silicon dioxide. This effect appears as a milky, translucent
Opalescence
Basil cultivar
Dark opal basil is a cultivar of Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil), developed by John Scarchuk and Joseph Lent at the University of Connecticut in the 1950s
Dark_opal_basil
Wilderness area in the Willamette National Forest
Forest. It has the largest uncut watershed in Oregon. Opal Creek and nearby Opal Lake were named for Opal Elliott, wife of early Forest Service ranger Roy
Opal_Creek_Wilderness
998 gram uncut opal mined in South Australia
Australia opal is a 998 gram uncut opal mined by Walter Bartram in 1946 at the Eight Mile field in Coober Pedy, South Australia. The opal is just under
Fire_of_Australia_opal
Lake in Washington, United States
Opal Lake, also known as Necklace Valley Lake 3, is a freshwater lake located on the western region of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, in King County, Washington
Opal_Lake
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Opal (formerly Fayettesville) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. It is on U
Opal,_Virginia
2006 book by Kaavya Viswanathan
How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life is a controversial young adult novel by Kaavya Viswanathan, written just after she graduated from high
How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life
How_Opal_Mehta_Got_Kissed,_Got_Wild,_and_Got_a_Life
Gemstone and "eye-of-opal" example
The Flame Queen Opal is perhaps the best-known example of "eye-of-opal", an eye-like effect created when opal in-fills a cavity. The Flame Queen's flat
Flame_Queen_Opal
Topics referred to by the same term
Opal Tower can mean: Opal Tower (Leeds), a skyscraper in Leeds, England Opal Tower (Sydney), a skyscraper in Sydney, Australia This disambiguation page
Opal_Tower
American serial killer (born 1949)
The four victims named in the original indictment were Marcia Chapman, Opal Mills, Cynthia Hinds, and Carol Ann Christensen. Three more victims—Wendy
Gary_Ridgway
Hot spring in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Opal Pool is a hot spring in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Opal Pool usually has a temperature of approximately 132 °F
Opal_Pool
Trade name for opal and moonstone simulants
opalescent glass and various opal and moonstone simulants. Other names for this glass product include argenon, sea opal, opal moonstone, and other similar
Opalite
American aviator
Opal Kunz (November 6, 1894 – May 15, 1967) was an early American aviator, the chief organizer of the Betsy Ross Air Corps, and a charter member of the
Opal_Kunz
Unincorporated community in South Dakota, United States
Opal is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Opal was laid out in 1907. A post office was established at Opal
Opal,_South_Dakota
Science fantasy book series by Eoin Colfer
fairies. The fourth book, Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception, covers power-hungry and insane pixie Opal Koboi's second attempt at world domination, after
Artemis_Fowl
Research nuclear reactor in Australia
The Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor (OPAL) is a 20 megawatt (MW) swimming pool nuclear research reactor. Officially opened in April 2007, it replaced
Open-pool Australian lightwater reactor
Open-pool_Australian_lightwater_reactor
Property company of the United Kingdom
sought. Opal's properties include: Birmingham - Opal 1 in Highgate Leeds Opal 1 Opal 2 Opal Tower (Opal 3) Leicester - halls of residence including Opal Court
Opal_Property_Group
Canadian erotic romance novelist
Opal Carew is a Canadian erotic romance novelist. She also writes erotica under the name Ruby Carew and sweet romance under the name Amber Carew. Carew
Opal_Carew
African American actor and singer (1889–1974)
Opal D. Cooper (1889 – 1974) was an African American musician and performer. Though little remembered today, in the years immediately after World War I
Opal_Cooper
Jamaican and American novelist (born 1954)
Opal Palmer Adisa (born 6 November 1954) is a Jamaican and American poet, novelist, performance artist and educator. Anthologized in more than 400 publications
Opal_Palmer_Adisa
Gas pipeline in Germany
The OPAL (Ostsee-Pipeline-Anbindungsleitung) is a natural gas pipeline in Germany alongside the German eastern border. The OPAL pipeline is one of two
OPAL_pipeline
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Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election
Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election
Species of bird
The opal-crowned manakin (Lepidothrix iris) is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is endemic to Brazil. The opal-crowned manakin
Opal-crowned_manakin
Women's national basketball team representing Australia
the Opals after the brightly coloured gemstone common to the country, represents Australia in international basketball. From 1994 onwards, the Opals have
Australia women's national basketball team
Australia_women's_national_basketball_team
The Opal card rolled out across New South Wales public transport services from 7 December 2012 until December 2014. Additionally, from December 2017, OpalPay
Opal_card_rollout_dates
Australian musician, singer and composer (born 1961)
Brussels. In October 2009, Gerrard released her third solo album, The Black Opal. The album included collaborations with Patrick Cassidy, Michael Edwards
Lisa_Gerrard
Piece of mineral crystal used to make jewelry
to make jewelry or other adornments. Certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, and obsidian) and occasionally organic materials that are not minerals (such
Gemstone
2021 historical fiction novel by Dawnie Walton
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a 2021 historical fiction novel by Dawnie Walton published by 37 Ink. It received the 2022 Virginia Commonwealth University
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
The_Final_Revival_of_Opal_&_Nev
Largest and most valuable opal gemstone
The Olympic Australis opal is the largest and most valuable opal yet found (as of 1961[update]) and was valued at A$2,500,000 in 1997. It was found in
Olympic_Australis
Music historian
Opal Louis Nations (born 1941) is a British-American-Canadian writer, music historian, critic, record producer, musician and visual artist from Brighton
Opal_Louis_Nations
Book by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception, known in America as Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception, is a teen fantasy novel published in 2005, the 4th book in the
Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception
Artemis_Fowl_and_the_Opal_Deception
1979 studio album by David Liebman Quartet featuring Mike Nock
The Opal Heart is an album by saxophonist David Liebman which was recorded in Australia in 1979 and originally released on the Australian label, 44 Records
The_Opal_Heart
Israeli footballer (born 1997)
Opal Sofer (Hebrew: אופל סופר; born 20 May 1997) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem and the Israel
Opal_Sofer
2019 film by the Safdie brothers
plays Howard Ratner, a jeweler and gambling addict who must retrieve an opal to pay off his debt. Filming took place from September to November 2018.
Uncut_Gems
1999 film
a museum, a stray gunshot releases an ancient Djinn imprisoned in a fire opal. One of the burglars, a young woman named Morgana Truscott, steals the gem
Wishmaster_2:_Evil_Never_Dies
Public university based in northern France
The University of the Littoral Opal Coast (French: Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale; ULCO) is a public university located in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais
University of the Littoral Opal Coast
University_of_the_Littoral_Opal_Coast
Operator of passenger rail services in and around Sydney
"Opal fares". Transport for NSW. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2019. www.opal.com.au https://www.opal.com.au/en/opal
Sydney_Trains
Species of cartilaginous fish
The opal chimaera (Chimaera opalescens) is a chimaera species in the family Chimaeridae, which lives in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Chimaera opalescens
Opal_chimaera
credits from numerous artists & bands' singles, albums and compilations. Opal Records was launched in 1987 by Brian Eno as label for the US market, where
Brian_Eno_discography
American comic strip
by Brian Crane focusing on a retired couple in their seventies, Earl and Opal Pickles. Pickles has been published since April 2, 1990. As of 2016, Pickles
Pickles_(comic_strip)
Coast of northwestern France
The Opal Coast (Côte d'Opale (French) French pronunciation: [kot dɔpal]; Opoalkust (West Flemish)) is a coastal region in northern France on the English
Côte_d'Opale
Sara Opal Piontkowski Heron Search (14 July 1890 – 3 September 1961) was an American composer who wrote chamber music as well as works for orchestra, concert
Sara_Opal_Search
Town in Queensland, Australia
town is known for its opal mining and numerous opal fields that lie around the town as well as the "Yowah nut", a local type of opal distinctive to the region
Yowah
UK business
Business was founded in 1995 by Neil McArthur as Opal Telecoms. TalkTalk Business changed its name from Opal Telecom on 1 February 2011. However it has its
TalkTalk_Business
1993 single by Therapy?
"Opal Mantra" is a song by Northern Irish rock band Therapy?, released as a single on 16 August 1993 through A&M Records. It was issued on clear 7-inch
Opal_Mantra
Particle accelerator at CERN, Switzerland
physics is gained. The four detectors of LEP were called Aleph, Delphi, Opal, and L3. They were built differently to allow for complementary experiments
Large Electron–Positron Collider
Large_Electron–Positron_Collider
Foil opals are simulated opal gemstones that first came into vogue during the jewelry-making boom of the late-Victorian era. Across Europe and the United
Foil_opal
Admiralty M-class destroyer
HMS Opal was an Admiralty M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served in the First World War following her construction at Sunderland in 1915. Attached
HMS_Opal_(1915)
Philatelic society specializing in stamps of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean
The Oriental Philatelic Association of London, or OPAL, is a philatelic society whose members specialise in the philately of the area covered by the former
Oriental Philatelic Association of London
Oriental_Philatelic_Association_of_London
Hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of cryptocrystalline silica
minor chalcedony and sometimes opal, but cherts range from nearly pure opal to nearly pure quartz chert. However, little opal is over 60 million years old
Chert
Golf club in South Australia
Coober Pedy Opal Fields Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course that was constructed in Coober Pedy. The local golf course – mostly played at night with glowing
Coober_Pedy_Golf_Club
First Lady of West Virginia
Opal Wilcox Barron (September 19, 1914 – September 11, 2010) was First Lady of West Virginia from 1961 to 1965. She was born in Boyer, West Virginia. She
Opal_Wilcox_Barron
OPAL
OPAL
Girl/Female
Sanskrit
Jewel.
Girl/Female
Sanskrit American English
Jewel.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Gemstone
Girl/Female
American, British, Christian, English, French, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jamaican, Kannada, Latin, Sanskrit
Opal; Jewel Names Became Popular in the 19th Century; The Earth; Gem; Jewel; A Jewel or Precious Stone
Female
English
English name, derived from the name of the gemstone, from Greek opallios, from Sanskrit utpala, OPAL means "gem, precious stone." This is the birthstone for the month of October.
Girl/Female
French, Indian, Sanskrit
Jewel; Gem; Opal
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Opal, OPALINE means "gem, precious stone."
Girl/Female
Christian, French, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Sanskrit
Jewel; Gem; Precious Stone
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Sanskrit
Jewel
OPAL
OPAL
Boy/Male
Muslim
Celebrated Abbasid caliph
Male
Croatian
, happy, joyful.
Female
Arthurian
, the curveter.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Helpless
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory with the God's Name
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Swedish
Bright
Girl/Female
Muslim
To walk with a swinging gait
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Servant of the Comrade / Governor
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Blue name of a companion of the Prophet
OPAL
OPAL
OPAL
OPAL
OPAL
n.
A variety of opal not possessing opalescence.
v. i.
To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having changeable colors like those of the opal.
n.
Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder.
v. t.
To convert into opal, or a substance like opal.
n.
A picture taken on "milky" glass.
n.
A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity.
n.
A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.
n.
A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Opalize
n.
A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also Muller's glass.
imp. & p. p.
of Opalesce
n.
An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
n.
See Opal.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Opalesce
n.
A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon.
n.
A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.
a.
Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors.
imp. & p. p.
of Opalize
n.
A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being opalescent.