„FAMOUS OPAL LOVERS“
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR
is well known for her love of fine jewelry and also for her love of Australian Opals. She had several items of opal jewellery in her private collection.
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ANDY WARHOL
one of the most recognized artists of the modern world fell hard and fast into his love affair with this magnificent gemstone, very soon after his first exposure to opals he became an avid collector and in 1977 his exhibition Opal the Rainbow Gem at the ICA in London featured photos of the gemstone taken through a microscope.
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MARC ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
Nonius (a Senator of the Roman Republic), owned a fabulous Opal known throughout the civilised world. The opal was set in a ring, it is said to have been the size and shape of a hazelnut. Roman General Mark Antony was so entranced by the moving lights within Nonius' stone his fascination led him to covet the stone which he sought as a gift for his lover Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (30-69BC)
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