Opals in a sentence

The most famous source of fire opals is the state of Querétaro in Mexico; these opals are commonly called Mexican fire opals.

Fire opals that do not show play of color are sometimes referred to as jelly opals.

Opals star and two-time Olympic basketballer Marianna Tolo and newly-capped Hockeyroos goalkeeper Zoe Newman are also heading up for the championships.

The prestigious awards has shortlisted Mr Murray's 2 Kool 4 Skool and Stanley the Big Bird paintings attracting visitors to the outback town known for opals and gold fossicking.

Aiming to make the playoffs for the first time in 10 seasons, Bendigo, who have started the season without injured Opals forward Kelsey Griffin, play four of their next five games at home.

Allen has been among the leaders of Team Australia for years now, with a reputation for toughness: She helped the Opals to a bronze medal at the 2022 World Cup despite unknowingly playing with a partially collapsed lung and two broken ribs.

Her seven-point opening term off the bench helped the Opals seize control.

The geometric splendor theme is seen in a necklace with a 3.25-carat lagoon tourmaline and an Ethiopian opal of 19.68 carats, framed by mandarin garnets and opals in a strong and linear, diamond-set design.

The Opals, we were speaking about them lacking a big name.

The Opals won medals in every Olympics from 1996-2012 (three silvers, two bronze), but lost in the quarterfinals of the Rio Games and Tokyo Games.

Any hopes of a New Zealand fightback were dashed once Rebecca Allen opened the second half with a three-pointer, the Opals holding their opponents to six third-quarter points to take an unassailable 63-31 lead into the fourth quarter.

Cambage is a towering figure for the Opals.

Seeking their first Asia Cup gold medal, the Opals will need to avenge their dramatic one-point loss to Japan in the 2017 final in order to reach the championship decider.

Tourism, Sports and Major Events Minister Martin Pakula, who visited Broadmeadows today to make the announcement, said the hubs would help unearth the next generation of Boomers and Opals.

Australian opals are only mined in a few select places around the country, making it one of the most profitable stones in the Pacific.

Due to the popularity of Scott's novel, people began to associate opals with bad luck and death.

Integrated tickets called Opals operate on both Government and private bus routes.

Jewellery of the Art Nouveau period revitalized the jeweller's art, with nature as the principal source of inspiration, complemented by new levels of virtuosity in enameling and the introduction of new materials, such as opals and semi-precious stones.

Mexican opals are sometimes cut in their ryholitic host material if it is hard enough to allow cutting and polishing.

Nevertheless, opals can be roughly divided into those that show no signs of crystalline order ( amorphous opal) and those that show signs of the beginning of crystalline order, commonly termed cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline opal.