Opals (was CHAPDISC: hbp12, Silver and Opals)

[catherine higgins]

No: HPFGUIDX 149579

Lyarofjordan asked:

  6)      Is there any particular symbolism or meaning to the opal 
  necklace (or to opals or necklaces), or is it simply a convenient McGuffin?

Tiffany wrote:

I can't remember where I've read it, but it seems that there are some RL opals that have a story about a curse associated with them,
because anyone who has owned them has died. I read about it something
like 20 years ago, so my memory might not be all that accurate.


  Catherine adds:
   
  Some cultures believe that opals gather the essence of the owner. If the owner was a good person, the opal will be lucky; if the owner was an evil person....well, you can fill in the blank.
   
  However, when I was a child, my mother (who is of italian decent) told me that opals are only unlucky to people who weren't born in October, since the Opal is October's birth stone. Incidently, my mother was born in October, and has owned and wears many opals. (Knock on wood)Nothing unlucky or evil has happened to her. 
   
  Catherine