The
South Australian Museum has one of the world's largest opal collections,
including this stone, called the Candle of Life. An opalized ancient cuttlefish
fossil, this opal is similar to the Virgin Rainbow, but is not pure crystal
opal.
"South
Australia has the perfect climate for opal creation and many of our pieces are
the result of opal forming and replacing the fossils of ancient sea
creatures" Oldman said. "So, where you see a specimen that seems to
echo shapes of an ancient creature and pieces that look like a sea bed, like
this Crouch opal, that is because our land made it possible for opal to form and
fill in spaces left behind behind animals, water, shells, et cetera."
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