When in Brighton, i bought an Opal ring, although i originally wanted a turquoise stoned ring, my eyes caught a blue opal ring. Turned off by the negative attachments to Opal, being unlucky, i bought the ring due to the draw it had to me. Looking and researching the stone i found out this amazing fact: That being aware that there are such things as synthetic opals, i decided to take this test- real Opals turn florescent under a black light, unlike synthetic ones, just as well i have one- and- YES it is real 🙂