Black Opal Luster
Optical Properties of Black Opal are its behavioral responses towards light. While few optical properties can be identified with naked eyes, other require special instruments by the gemologists to identify them. Black Opal optical properties like luster, clarity, refractive index etc. are used to determine the non-destructive methods during gemstone identification and evaluation.
Black Opal luster is the quantity of light the crystal reflects when light is incident on it. Black Opal which is commonly found in White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Violet color, is Translucent and Transparent in nature.