Andes Opal

Andean Opals are gentle stones that invite you to work and accompany you in your inner healing process. They help you cope with emotional overloads or periods of hypersensitivity and can be a great support in times of conflict.

Andean pink opal

Andean Pink Opal is a stone that, with compassion and benevolence, brings balm to your wounded heart. It helps you better understand your wounds related to notions of legitimacy, abandonment, betrayal, lack of recognition or emotional deficiencies.

She's an ally who helps you realize your value and take your place. She teaches you to accept and give yourself softness, to take care of yourself and to respect yourself.

It can be a great support following a break-up, an argument with a loved one or in any situation where the heart becomes heavy.

A healing stone for painful wounds, it is particularly effective in cases of rape, sexual assault or domestic violence.

Blue Andean Opal

When a painful lump of grief clutches your throat, when words come out in a jumble or just won't come out, when tears are held back or spill out in floods, Blue Opal is there to soothe your pain and help you express with clarity the feelings that overwhelm you.

His wisdom teaches you that the flow of emotions is like the water in the river: if you block it, there's an overflow and the overflowing water becomes difficult to control and can do damage. But if you accept and allow these emotions to flow through you, like water flowing between rocks, you'll know that tumult is sometimes necessary for calm and clear waters to appear.

On a physical level, Andean Opals work on balancing the body's fluids. They can be a great help in cases of water retention or dry mucous membranes (eyes, vagina, mouth). They are also beneficial for stimulating lactation when breast-feeding. Blue Opals can provide relief from throat infections.

How to use Andean Opal?

• Wear an Andean Opal as jewelry or in your pocket to benefit from its virtues every day.
• You can create a fertility ritual with the intention of having a child with this stone.
• For dry mucous membranes, place an Andes Opal daily directly on the affected area.
• It can be given to young children to calm them down in the event of a crisis or difficult emotions.

Where to place an Andean Opal?

• An Andean Opal in your home can have a purifying effect. It will bring fluidity and serenity. The pink opal releases energies of love and the blue one energies that favor communication and harmony.
• In your bedroom or the children's rooms to promote peaceful sleep.
• In a place dedicated to relaxation, such as a salon or treatment room.
• On the dining table to encourage good relations between guests.

Who is Andean Opal for?

• For highly sensitive and emotional people.
• For people who find it hard to be gentle and take care of themselves.
• For pregnant women or anyone in need of softness and comfort.
• Blue Opal can help those who speak too quickly or get carried away to express themselves more thoughtfully.

Andean Opal in mineralogy

Andean opal is called "amorphous" because it has no crystalline system. Translucent to opaque, it is one of the common Opals.
Formed from silica-rich aqueous solutions, it is a silicon dioxide containing a large quantity of water and inclusions of various elements that give it its color. Manganese for pink opal, copper for blue or blue-green opal.

This variety of opal comes mainly from Peru.

The history of Andean Opal

The name Opal comes from the Sanskrit word upala, meaning precious stone.

For centuries, Andean opal has been considered a gift from Pachamama, the Inca goddess of Mother Earth and fertility. It is Peru's national stone.