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opalo‧pal /ˈəʊpəl $ ˈoʊ-/ noun [countable, uncountable]   opalOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin opalus, from Sanskrit upala ‘stone, jewel’ - As these boxes had a small square opening at the back, glazed with opal glass, the Oyster lamps were removed.
- Coober Pedy has produced 80 percent of the world's opals since 1915.
- Faint dark mist was the background, with the symbols only crude and faded opal scars.
- It was raven black and the hair was entwined with a slim rope of gold thread and opals.
- The 2000 collection of spring colours are a combination of warm topaz and cool opal.
- The only windows in the building were narrow and high, and they washed the enclosed space in an opal gloom.
- This is most apparent in the precious opal which is capable of displaying a veritable kaleidoscope of colours.
- Upper House came out of its concrete grudgingly, like an opal from the matrix.
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