It is more precious than emeralds and dearer than fine opals.

它比绿宝石和蛋白石更珍贵。

I didn't realize that people didn't wear opals.

我没意识到人们不戴猫眼石。

And for their audacity, the earth rewarded them with a fist-sized, record-breaking opal.

因为他们的大胆，地球奖励他们破记录的、有拳头般大的蛋白石。

Like quartz, opal is made of silica.

同石英样，欧泊由二氧化硅组成。

Farintosh, said he. Ah yes, I recall the case; it was concerned with an opal tiara.

法林托歇，他说，啊，的，我想起了那个案子，件和猫儿眼宝石女冠冕有关的案子。

These tiny spheres scatter light, giving opal its characteristic rainbow sheen.

这些小球状体分散了光线，予了欧泊最具特色的五彩光泽。

Nearer at hand, they are like huge blocks of purest marble inlaid with pearl and opal gems.

近了看则像很多块镶着珍珠和蛋白石的光洁无比的的大理石。

And in rare cases, petrified wood, shells, teeth, and even bones of extinct organisms are made of opal.

在极少数情况下，木变石、贝壳、牙齿甚至灭绝生物的骨骼都形成了欧泊。

One of the most famous specimens is a pliosaur nicknamed Eric, an almost-complete marine reptile preserved in opal.

最著名的范本之便昵称叫埃里克的上龙，这几乎完好保存在欧泊内部的海洋爬行动物。

So this is an opal from Australia which is where a lot of the great opals come from.

这种来自澳大利亚的蛋白石，许多很棒的蛋白石都来自澳大利亚。

That porous material that was the bone got filled in with little spheres, opal, basically.

骨头的多孔材料被填充了小球体，基本上蛋白石。

The Halley's Comet opal is a marvel, but its uniqueness is, paradoxically, the most usual thing about it.

哈雷慧星蛋白石个奇迹，但矛盾的，它的独特性正它最寻常之处。

Some of these experts include the opal as a fifth precious stone while others consider the pearl in this class.

其中有些专家把猫眼石列为第五种宝石，而有些专家则认为珍珠才第五种宝石。

And just like in an opal, light is bent, waves combine constructively or destructively, and different flashes of color appear.

就像蛋白石样，光线弯曲，光波结合的时候产生或破坏些东西，从而出现不同的颜色闪光。

Bits of silica settled into the gel and then grew into the spheres that make up opal.

少量二氧化硅沉淀在凝胶中，之后成长为构成欧泊的球状体。

It's there that an opal begins its life as something surprisingly abundant: water.

蛋白石出人意料地诞生于种随处可见的资源当中——水。

Harry saw him give a small wave, and looking around, saw Madame Maxime return it, her opals glittering in the candlelight.

哈利看见海格挥了挥手，他扭过头，看见马克西姆夫人也朝海格挥手致意，她的蛋白石饰品在烛光下熠熠闪亮。

'As a diamond kills an opal in the same setting'.

“就像钻石在相同的环境中杀死蛋白石样”。

The day was as hot and sultry as a fire opal.

这天像火蛋白石样炎热闷热。

Opal -- - I never told my son.

奥珀尔 -我从没告诉我儿子。