Ethiopian Opals: Facts, Fears and Fairytales

Ethiopian Opals: Facts, Fears and Fairytales Introduction Legend has it that Ethiopia’s Queen Sheba adorned herself with precious opal when she visited King Solomon in Jerusalem. The first known evidence of human use of opal dates back approximately 6,000 years (Gebremedhin, K 2014). In1939, archaeologist Dr. Louis Leakey uncovered opal artifacts in a cave in […]

Origin Opinions

Origin Opinions – When Gem Labs Agree To Disagree Homo Sapiens are obsessed with origins. When we meet people for the first time, we want to know where they come from. We want to know where the universe came from, we want to know where life came from, and we want to know where our […]