Precious opal have been discovered in Ethiopia relatively recently. The most common species is the so-called Hydrophane opal from Welo province. The first shows appeared on the market around 1994, although local people knew it very long. The opals are located on the Yita Elevation in the Menz Gisha district of Shewa Province, about 240 km northeast of the capital, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.
Precious opal from Ethiopia 14,8x9,5x5,8mm, 3,57ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 14,4x9,8x6mm, 3,73ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 25,8x12,6x4,2mm, 7ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 13,7x9,8x5,7mm, 3,9ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 12,9x10,6x5,3mm, 3ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 15,9x14,2x7,2mm, 6,45ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 14,7x11,2x6,6mm, 4,65ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 14,7x8,4x5,5mm, 3,3ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 14x10x5,9mm, 3,73ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 19,2x11,6x4,5mm, 3,76ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 14,8x10x5mm, 3,51ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 18,4x9x6,7mm, 5,13ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 17,2x11,9x5mm, 5,32ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 15x11,6x4,7mm, 3,82ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 15x11,8x4mm, 3,44ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 19,6x9,6x4mm, 3,17ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 18,7x9,7x6mm, 4,42ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 13,5x9,8x4,7mm, 2,71ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 15,7x11,7x5,9mm, 6,25ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 15x11,4x5,3mm, 4,19ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 14x8x4,9mm, 2ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 18,1x12,7x5,5mm, 6,34ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 16,3x12x6mm, 5,29ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 15,6x11,3x5,7mm, 4,26ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 13,5x10,6x4,4mm, 2,74ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 13,1x10,3x4,7mm, 2,97ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 10x7,3x5mm, 1,5ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 19,4x17x7,6mm, 8,7ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 12,9x10,4x5mm, 3,1ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 18,4x14,6x3,9mm, 4ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia 15x10,2x2,9mm, 2,28ct
Precious opal from Ethiopia - Wello 12,7x10x4mm, 2,32ct