Victorian Era Fake Opal - Foil Opal (Example from 1934!)

Synthetic opal isn't the newfangled thing you think it is. The first fake opal is much older, dating back to the Industrial Revolution.

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0:00 Introduction
0:45 Costume Jewellery
3:11 Foil Opal
4:44 Examples
9:32 Support Curiosity Mine on Patreon
9:59 Conclusion
12:13 Acknowledgments

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