Opal Interactive presents

Explore the extraordinary.

Interactive atlases of the fascinating things that make our world extraordinary. Every specimen is drawn live in your browser from how it treats light: turn it, look closer, see it the way it is found.

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Ruby, Mogok, Myanmar — **Ruby**Mogok, Myanmar

Black opal, Lightning Ridge, Australia — **Black opal**Lightning Ridge, Australia

Labradorite, as found, Labrador — **Labradorite**as found, Labrador

Rendered live, not photographed.

The atlases

Gem Atlas

Discover the wonders of the mineral world.

104 gems and minerals, cut and as they come out of the ground, with their price, their care, their look-alikes and their lore.

Open Gem Atlas

Fungi Atlas

Discover the hidden world of fungi.

In preparation. The first species are being grown from their real shapes and materials: the fly agaric, a mushroom that glows in the dark and a jelly fungus.

In preparation

Fungi Atlas is for learning and browsing. It is not a guide to identifying mushrooms or to telling whether one is safe to eat.