{"id":224,"date":"2009-10-31T13:23:24","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T18:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mardonjewelers.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/?p=224"},"modified":"2009-10-31T13:23:24","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T18:23:24","slug":"grading-pattern-and-color-in-opal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/gemstones\/grading-pattern-and-color-in-opal","title":{"rendered":"Grading Pattern and Color in Opal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_225\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/ribbon-brazil.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-225\" src=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/ribbon-brazil-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Ribbon Pattern in Brazilian Opal\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/ribbon-brazil-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/ribbon-brazil.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ribbon Pattern in Brazilian Opal<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mardonjewelers.com\/blog\/gemstones\/how-to-grade-opal-patterns-and-colors\/\" target=\"_blank\">latest post<\/a> to the Mardon blog, we discuss the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mardonjewelers.com\/gemstones\/colored-stone-grading-opals.php\" target=\"_blank\">classification\/grading\/description<\/a> of the various play of color patterns in precious opal, focusing on the main pattern types, Pinfire, Flash, and Harlequin. Of course, a picture is worth a thousand words, so we show more than tell. Here are a few morsels, photos that we didn&#8217;t use, to whet your appetite.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_230\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/182detail1-copy.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-230\" src=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/182detail1-copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/182detail1-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/182detail1-copy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolling Flash and Chaff pattern in Lightning Ridge Black<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_232\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/rainbow1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-232\" src=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/rainbow1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Rainbow Pattern and Colors in Lightning Ridge Grey\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/rainbow1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/rainbow1.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainbow Flash Pattern in Lightning Ridge Grey<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/lightning-ridge-black-pinfire1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-231\" src=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/lightning-ridge-black-pinfire1-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinfire and Snakes in Lightning Ridge Black<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_233\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/harlequin-drop.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-233\" src=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/harlequin-drop-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Harlequin Pattern in Lightning Ridge Black\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/harlequin-drop-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/mardonjewelers\/files\/2009\/10\/harlequin-drop.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harlequin Pattern in Lightning Ridge Black<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our latest post to the Mardon blog, we discuss the classification\/grading\/description of the various play of color patterns in precious opal, focusing on the main pattern types, Pinfire, Flash, and Harlequin. 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