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October ? Opal
Australia has been the biggest contributor to supplying opal to the gem business. The fine black opals came from Australia with their brilliant flashes of colour. The beautifully coloured milky opal was also mined in Australia
Opal is the accepted birthstone for October although the Aquamarine was in favour until the 19th century. It is the gem of Scorpio (The Scorpion) October 23rd to November 22nd.
The Guardian Angel for October is Bariel whose talismanic gem is Agate.
The Special Apostle is Simon (Zelotes).
The flowers are Clove, Hops and Carnation.
Lucky charms ascribed to this month arew Tiger, Hawk, Dog, Falcon, Ram, Wolf and Weasel.
The Opal has been known for centuries and was considered by the Romans to be a lucky stone.
The Association which it has with bad luck appears to be based on a Teutonic superstition, amplified no doubt by Sir Walter Scott?s novel ? Anne of Gerstein ? in which the Opal plays a prominent part, but even those with whom superstition holds sway believe it to be a lucky stone for those born in October.
Really fine Opals are a rarity but fairly good quality stones are to be seen every day and to describe the beautiful, flashing colours in a few words does not do them justice. It is not generally known however that the variety known as ?Fire Opal? is plain translucent red or orange in colour and has not the wonderful display of colour seen in the better known Black Opal or White Opal.
It is recorded that the Roman senator Nonius preferred exile rather than part with a brilliant Opal the size of a hazelnut, which was covered by Mark Antony.
Opals were well known as the favourite gems of Queen Victoria but although considered by many as the most beautiful of precious stones, they are rather softer and more brittle than most gems and in consequence have to be treated with great care or they will become scratched or chipped.
The Aquamarine, used in earlier times, is the alternative stone for March while the Agate of the Guardian Angel Bariel, is the birthstone for May.
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