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Examples of fire opal in a Sentence
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The reason for our trip was to go to a fire opal mine.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024
According to Vogue, Lourd also honored Fisher by wearing something old, her engagement ring — which contains a diamond from her mother’s engagement ring; something borrowed, a different ring Fisher gave to a friend; and something blue, Fisher’s favorite fire opal ring.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
There will be glitter, too, with a Mexican fire opal and a 240-piece diamond butterfly.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2010
The Rapper ring is set with a 15.4-carat Mexican fire opal, highlighted by 270 brown diamonds and set in 18-karat rose gold.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2022
Ten Thousand Things’ fire opal necklace is imbued with the textural feeling of mesh.
—Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 11 July 2022
Irene Neuwirth 18-karat rose gold, fire opal and pink tourmaline tropical flower studs; mom of three Zoe Saldaña rocks the jeweler on the red carpet; $4,180, ireneneuwirth.com.
—Carol McColgin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2022
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First Known Use
1811, in the meaning defined above
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“Fire opal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20opal. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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