Checkmate! How cool is this Aurora Opal and Onyx stone with a crystal top? Its rainbow of colors changes depending on how the light hits it. Hand-sawed bale with a little square top to match.
Aurora Opal is a lab-manufactured synthetic element comprising Polymer and Silica. It has all the properties of opal but was created in a lab. Natural Opal is made of hydrated Silica. The polymer in Aurora Opal is used to balance the Opal and make it stable. Natural Opal may get cracked when it is used to make jewelry. Moreover, Aurora Opal is not susceptible to color fading.
Aurora Opal is said to boost the confidence, mood, and psychic energies of the wearer.
The checkerboard pattern has been used to symbolize duality, the opposing forces of nature, and the balance of good and evil, light and dark, or day and night.