Mexican Fire Opal
Avoid Scratches
Mexican Fire opal is a gemstone. A gemstone, as you should know, is vulnerable and this means all gemstones are not free from any possible defect. Things like scratches often happen to gemstones. Likewise, if you are not seriously take care of your precious Mexican Fire opal, not even it will scratch but to the worst, it will break! Yes, don't ever think that Mexican Fire opal or any kinds of gemstones are hard to be broken. They are not diamond, my friend. Scratch can happen if you store the Mexican Fire opal with other gemstone or anything that has hard surface. If you have more gemstones, do not place or store them together as this is the major factor that lead to scratches.
How to Clean Your Mexican Fire Opal
When cleaning your Mexican Fire opal or any gemstones, only use plain warm water or soapy water. Using steam and ultrasonic cleansing is too harsh for some gems. You should avoid them. Cleaning you Mexican Fire opal is very important to maintain its beauty. It's even more important to clean Mexican Fire opal if it's in rings as dust usually collected behind the gems
Avoid Extreme Conditions
When cleaning your Mexican Fire opal or any gemstones, only use plain warm water or soapy water. Using steam and ultrasonic cleansing is too harsh for some gems. You should avoid them. Cleaning you Mexican Fire opal is very important to maintain its beauty. It's even more important to clean Mexican Fire opal if it's in rings as dust usually collected behind the gems
Use Water not Oil!
Do you know that your Mexican Fire opal needs water? Water helps prevent opals from drying as when they dry, they have a potential to crack. So, you may want to soak your opal in water for several hours from time to time. If you think water can be replaced with oil, you are so wrong! Soaking and wiping your Mexican Fire opal and any other opals with oil will damage the opal by reducing the 'fire'. For me, when a Mexican Fire opal loses its fire, it's not 'Fire' opal anymore.
Okay, that's all what I want to say. If I found any tips and guides to protect the beauty of Mexican Fire opal, I will mention next time on my next post. :)
Mexican Fire Opal
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