Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Opal (Var: Opal-CT), Petroleum (Var: Bitumen)

Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

A 1,5cm sample of opal-CT from "pont de Dallet" We can easily see the layers that formed the specimen.

© Patrice Cmolik

Quartz, Quartz (Var: Chalcedony), Opal (Var: Opal-CT)

Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

A 3,5cm flower of quartz on chalcedony and opal-CT.

© Patrice Cmolik

Quartz, Opal (Var: Opal-CT)

Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Old specimen with hand-written label showing translucent quartz crystals on matrix with small blue opal beads. Size: 60 x 55 mm Collection & photo: Alain TUEL

© Alain TUEL

Opal

Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

White opal balls on matrix. Collection Museum of Natural Sciences, Barcelona, Spain. Photo Peter Lof, June 15, 2018, Barcelona.

© Peter Lof

Opal (Var: Opal-CT), Petroleum (Var: Bitumen)

Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

A 1,5cm sample of opal-CT from "pont de Dallet" We can easily see the layers that formed the specimen.

© Patrice Cmolik

Quartz, Quartz (Var: Chalcedony), Opal (Var: Opal-CT)

Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

A 3,5cm flower of quartz on chalcedony and opal-CT.

© Patrice Cmolik

Quartz, Opal (Var: Opal-CT)

Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Old specimen with hand-written label showing translucent quartz crystals on matrix with small blue opal beads. Size: 60 x 55 mm Collection & photo: Alain TUEL

© Alain TUEL

Opal

Pont-du-Château, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

White opal balls on matrix. Collection Museum of Natural Sciences, Barcelona, Spain. Photo Peter Lof, June 15, 2018, Barcelona.

© Peter Lof