The Science Behind Opal's Dazzling Colors

Posted: 2025-04-19 09:30:53 UTC

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Opals exhibit a vibrant spectrum of colors due to the diffraction of light by silica spheres arranged in a grid-like pattern within the gem.

Opals' colors originate from light diffraction.

Silica spheres' arrangement causes the diffraction.