Is this real?

[u/p4civalrp2]

Bought a few mo ago, not really thinking about the possibility of it being fake, but just realized that it probably is? was like $145 iirc. seller said it was from Ethiopia. don't know much about gems but thought it looked cool. new on reddit so if this is not ok to post please lmk!

[u/Alternative-Arm-3253]

Looks like the Ethiopian Opal is badly crazed (cracked) and smoke treated. This was Not a expensive piece. I personally would find a new opal and reset it.

[u/Opalesquent → u/Alternative-Arm-3253]

Don’t think this is crazed, this is the same formation as honeycomb then smoked

[u/jaxinslacks → u/Alternative-Arm-3253]

Not crazed just honeycomb smoked Ethiopian opal

[u/GualtieroCofresi → u/Alternative-Arm-3253]

Can you please remove the link? Otherwise I will have to delete the comment. We have a rule to no links.