opaline

Example Sentences

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An oval sapphire ringed by emerald flecks, silver spires and opaline sky, Sylvan Lake remains a Black Hills crown jewel 138 years after Theodore Reder dammed Sunday Gulch Creek to create it.

From Washington Times

Instead of the traditional stark-white walls typically found in galleries, the building features travertine stone floors that contrast against opaline concrete masonry and rough wood.

From New York Times

The sleek green opaline glass tiles that form the vaulted ceiling give the sensation that you’re in a distant underwater universe.

From New York Times

This reveals the presence of a mineral called opaline silica as well as sulfate minerals, which suggests that the hot rocks, whether before or after after eruption, reacted with martian ground water.

From Scientific American

The next day he wrote back, I would be an opaline gourami.

From The New Yorker