Villagers in Ethiopia uncover rare black opal nearly 10,000 ft high, reshaping the global gem market with vibrant stones.

At almost 10,000 feet above sea level, villagers in northern Ethiopia have uncovered a seam of pure black opal buried within ...

Sources indicate that in the early 1990s opal, a typical gemstone surfaced in Mezezo, North Shoa Zone of Amhara State. The type of gem was called Chocolate opal because of the chocolate colour inside ...

The Ethiopian highlands are often called “the roof of Africa”. It’s a rugged, breathtakingly beautiful landscape and a discovery in recent years has got precious gem experts around the world excited: ...

Opal is a spectacular stone with unique, and beautiful reflections. In Ethiopia, deposits were discovered in 2008 in the north of the country, and it quickly the world's second-largest exporter. In ...

Victoire de Castellane, the Paris-based creative director for Dior fine jewelry, remembers the moment that opals, which are formed from silica in fissures of rocks, first captivated her. At age 6, she ...