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Definition of Harlequin opal
1. Noun. A reddish opal with small patches of brilliant color.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harlequin Opal
Literary usage of Harlequin opal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Precious Stones: For Curative Wear : and Other Remedial Uses : Likewise the by William Thomas Fernie (1907)
"When thus richly spangled it is further named the "Harlequin" Opal, ... In the "
Harlequin " Opal the various rainbow tints are flashed forth from small ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1893)
"The latest novel from the pen of Mr. FERGUS HUME, author of " The Mystery of a
Hansom Cab," entitled The harlequin opal, which deals with an extraordinary ..."
3. A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and by John Ramsey McCulloch, Vethake, Henry (1852)
"When the colour is arranged In small spangles, it takes the name of the harlequin
opal. Sometimes it exhibits only 1 of the above colours, and of these the ..."
4. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1920)
"... hut has numerous fissures, and is not wholly free from the matrix. harlequin opal
is a kind presenting a variegated play of colors ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... known to jewellers as " harlequin opal," the rainbow-like tints arc flashed
forth from small angular surfaces, forming a kind oí polychromatic mosaic, ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In the " harlequin opal " these rainbow-tinta are flashed forth from small flakes,
forming a kind of polychromatic mosaic, while in other kinds of opal the ..."
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