[HPforGrownups] Re: importance of opals

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 48313

On 14 Dec 2002 at 3:46, Steve bboy_mn at yahoo.com wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if Opals have a special significants in British or
> French culture? Are there Opal mines in France or one of the countries
> that was a French terrritory? 

Interesting snippet - possibly of relevance. According to a Wiccan of my 
acquaintance who deals in such stones, opals have a lot of magical properties and 
the most powerful of these come from the Lightning Ridge area of Australia.

Also, a joint British/Australian children's TV series of the mid 1990s (Genie from 
Downunder) involved a magical opal amulet.

It could just be that they are such cool stones - such an explosion of colour - not just 
simple faceted gems and even cheap ones can be visually impressive - they might 
just appeal to JKR.



 

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