In this video, Susan chose to talk about fire opal and fire agate because of all the fires that were burning up and down the west coast, including the scarily nearby Columbia Gorge. Many people call all opals “fire” opals, but technically “fire” opals are only the orange and red ones. A lot of people also don’t realize there are many different kinds of opals, so Susan elaborates on the variety of opals found in the store, including Oregon Opal, Ethiopian Opal, Peruvian Opal, Boulder Opal, Fossil Opal, common opal (found in Oregon’s state rock the thunderegg), Owyhee Blue Opal (from Oregon), Mexican Opal, Australian precious opal and opalite (synthetic opal). She also explains the origin of the incorrect myth that you should only wear an opal that was given to you as a gift. In the second half of the video she goes around the store to show you fire agate and all the different types of opal at The Fossil Cartel. On the theme of fire and ash, she also shows off our display of Mt. St. Helens Emerald Obsidianite and color-changing Twilight Obsidianite, which are made out of ash blown out of Mt. St. Helens.