This makes it a spiritually important stone. Healers also associate opal with increasing the strength of the immune system, reducing the pain of PMS, and generally supporting eye health.

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Opal is the traditional birthstone for October. It is believed the stone was discovered in India and given the name "upala," or "precious stone" in ...

"It feels like it talks to me. There's a lot of power in this little stone." He began studying to become a lapidary about three years ago after visiting an opal shop in Arizona. Shop owner Mike ...

Mark Taylor said it was like a fairy tale to visit the museum and see the opal stone on his first visit to the UK A teacher from Australia was reunited with an opal gifted by his class to the ...

Astrologically, the stone opal is related to the zodiac sign of ... Discover everything about astrology at the Times of India, including daily horoscopes for Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo ...

An opal stone was duly sent to Roald Dahl via his publisher, Penguin. Roald Dahl thanked the class for the opal stone in a letter Steve Gardam, director of the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre ...