Gems65.4° N, 75.6° W
Opal
Opal is made of tiny balls of silica, the stuff of quartz and sand, with a little water between them.
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Licenses
- CC0
How to play
Tap it to tilt it and roll flashes of color across it. Pick an opal in the Splash tab.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilt it in the light | Tap | ||
| Play of color | Button | ||
| Opal | List | 3 choices | White opal |
About it
Opal is made of tiny balls of silica, the stuff of quartz and sand, with a little water between them. In precious opal the balls are packed in neat rows, and light passing through them splits into flashes of color that change as the stone moves. This is called play of color. Fire opal is named for its orange body. Opal is cut into a smooth dome called a cabochon, not into facets.
Tap it and it rocks in the light while patches of color roll across it, changing as they go. In the Splash tab, pick a white, black or fire opal. Most of the world's opal comes from Australia.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 60,000 at Low, and up to 440,000 at Max
Sources and credits
| Work | By | License |
|---|---|---|
| Glass Tap.wav (diamond-tap.mp3) | Unicornaphobist | CC0 1.0 |
Straight down
Through the middle of the world, the far side is Knight's Helmet, on Medieval.
Fall throughIt stands 11.8° from the exact far side, the closest of any Splash.