bhai ro

(med) Opal (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018)

bhai ros gdon rigs kun srung gzer ba 'joms / zhes pas / bhai ro dha la ste / bhai ro dha la dang / sing ga li gnyis te / snga ma ni mdog ser po mthe bong gnyis bsdoms pa tsam la 'od zer bzhi tsam 'phro ba 'byung / sing ga li ni g.yu sbrang gi mdog lta bu 'od las zer mi 'phro ba'o / che tshad sran ma tsam yod la / snga ni sing ga la kho na nas 'byung ba / phyi ma 'di tso rai manda li nas 'byung / rin tshad snga ma la gser do skor dang / phyi ma la ni gser zho re la brgya phreng gsum re byed pa yin // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 088.2)

Illustrations : dGa' ba'i rDo rje 2018 (n°032) bhai ro, Opal

Opal is a vitreous or dull mineraloid of white, yellow, red, orange, green, brown, black to blue. Although it is still regarded as a mineral species for historical reasons, opal is not a true mineral in the accepted sense of the word as it is variably composed of poorly crystalline material (mindat.org) Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:04, 29 February 2024 (EST)