Stuff that Looks Like Opal - Geological, Biological & Man-Made Opal Impostors

There's opal, there's synthetic opal, and then there's this stuff. Minerals, biological materials and man-made substances that have similar visual properties to opal!

More photos and things that didn't make the video: http://www.idontunderstand.info/videos/stuff-that-looks-like-opal-geological-biological-amp-man-made-opal-impostors

Labradorite on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrado...
Fire agate on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_agate
Ammolite on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammolite
Weathered glass information from the Corning Museum of Glass: https://www.cmog.org/article/weathere...

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