October Birthstone - Opal

• The perfect October Birthstone should be free of internal inclusionsand /or cracks and abrasions.
• The perfect opal gemstone should showcase a vivid and brilliant color-play throughout the stone.
• While any stone size is considered to beneficial, but to experience profound benefits, the birthstone size should be a minimum 1/10^thof your actual body weight. (e.g. 60 kg body weight = 6 ct gemstone)

In ancient times Opal stones were considered to be a cure for diseases of the eye. Fire opal is considered beneficial for red corpuscle & blood disorders, depression, apathy and lethargy. Black opal is believed to be beneficial for human conceptive organs, spleen & pancreas, channels red corpuscles & aids white corpuscles and is also beneficial for ailments of bone marrow. White opal is viewed as useful for balancing the left and right brain hemispheres for neuro stability and is supposed to stimulate white corpuscles.