Gemstone Quiz
Opal
Like tiny particles gathered together, you show a different color every time someone looks.
Opal is a stone formed from silica that contains water. It's thought to form over a long time as minerals dissolved in water seep into cracks underground and slowly build up. Some opals show “play of color,” where red, green and blue flash and swap places within a single stone.
Play of color comes from countless spheres, too tiny to see, lined up in a regular pattern. Tiny particles gathered together catch the light, and a different color appears depending on the angle. In much the same way, you show many faces within a group of people, depending on the moment. You shine in the most colors at a lively gathering.
Because opal holds water, it's said that it can crack if it dries out suddenly. When busy plans keep coming without any time alone to breathe, your colors may come through less vividly too. It helps to leave a little time between plans for doing nothing at all.
Strengths
- You can switch topics and roles one after another to match the mood of a gathering
- In a big group, you can connect what all sorts of different people are saying
- You can try new games and new ways of doing things right away, together with everyone
Where you may stumble
- What you say shifts from one setting to the next, and people point out that it differs from before
- As you accept one invitation after another, the days for resting on your own disappear
- You're torn between what everyone decided and how you happen to feel about it later
Sounds familiar, Opal?
- You play a different role at every gathering
- By the time you've been talking a while, the topic has changed three or four times
- In group photos, your expression is different every time
Where you shine
Big, lively gatherings, or groups where all kinds of people mix. By changing color with the angle, you can brighten every corner of the room.
Tips for “Opal”
- When your thinking has changed from what you said before, add a quick “I've changed my mind on that”
- Leave one day empty between plans
- Before you change the subject, check whether the other person has finished
Matches
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Moonstone — Moonstone, too, is a stone whose light seems to move when you tilt it. Opal shines in lively, many colors and Moonstone in a quiet bluish white, so together you give the room just the right range of brightness.
Ruby — Ruby stays red under any light. Beside an Opal that keeps changing color, Ruby's unchanging red is a landmark you can come back to, wherever the conversation wanders.
Amber — Opal changes color one after another in a crowd, while Amber holds the same warm color on its own. You want different-sized settings and change at different speeds, so when you make plans together, one of you tends to end up pushing too hard.
Close neighbors
These differ from this one on just 1 of the 3 axes. If one of your axes was near the middle, you may have their side too.
Which one are you? 18 everyday situations, about 3 minutes.
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