Opafire is the rarest of gems.
Gems and jewels often serve as a Macguffin in fantasy stories. Recovery of the myserious gray Arkenstone is what motivates the dwarves on their quest in Tolkien’s The Hobbit, and in his Silmarillion, the Silmarils that embody the light of the great tree. Similarly, the theft of the rose-colored diamond called The Pink Panther motivates Inspector Clousseau in the movie of the same name. Kryptonite serves to make Superman vulnerable in the comics and the movies. Adamantine, a fictional mineral stronger than steel, makes the ultimate suit of armor in the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons universe. Dilithium crystals power the USS Enterprise.
Gems can also add evocative local color. Opafire, a rare gem, was prized by the Padishah Emporers in Frank Herbert’s Dune.
If you’re curious, a random gem and mineral generator is here and can be used. But I like to think my random gems sound a lot nicer.
Gems and Minerals
| Chryberyl
Glamethyst Ambraster Teardrop Verdiglass Everfire Refracting Phadronyx Pearlgris Sky Tear Cyazina Gods-Eye Azurthyst Pyrogarnet Solaglass Ylangite Berydris Hasadrite Glaecifer Zullaza Beryl Flecked Ruby Cheloite |
Milk Beryl
Scarlet Quartz Spiderweb Phadrine Yzirion Chrysonyx Cat’s Eye Sapphire Mossglass Diachryso Vesperyx Seagreen Jet Heart Beryl White Rosafire Imperial Fadeflame Ganzasine Citriquoise Kunzabite Stormy Opal Skyprism Glittering Cyaninth |
Azaquartz
Vermipheris Moonwhite Topaz Moon Citrine Cyanoruby Dragon’s Blood Onyx Sunjade Bushfire Garnetine Chryacinth Rainbow Sunrock Cloudy Amber Tangrumite Rhomplite Phagemite Lemuthrite Jadeflame Lava Alpaz Bellathyst Maseritrine |
