Ethiopia: Opals Establishing a Brand Name in Export Market

Sources indicate that in the early 1990s opal, a typical gemstone surfaced in Mezezo, North Shoa Zone of Amhara State.

The type of gem was called Chocolate opal because of the chocolate colour inside the nodule. These opals are found in a round nodular texture within a three meters thick layer of welded volcanic ash.

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