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Show The Opal. j I The opal is one of the most beautiful j I of gem stones, but it has long been j I regarded as mo.-t unfortunate to the ! wearer. The popular superstition has j 1 waned very materially in the last ten ; years, and of late it has acquired con- jj . siderable popularity. Opals have been j, J quite plentiful in the Rocky moun- -j f tains of this country and Mexico, but it jj f is reported that the mines are now J j almost exhausted, no gems of rnue'.i i ! value being extracted from them, ' I though at one time large sums were-jj made out of these mines. Opa'd occur J in veins in the same manner as silver1! 1 ana gold. i.hose coming from below ; j the level of water in a mine are not considered desirable. They may lose . their color or crack after being exposed f . to the sunlight, so as soon as a mine1' reaches water level it is abandoned, j ' |