Or maybe not. There could be a story idea in tracking down scam artists selling bogus "Martial opals".
Or we could go all H. Beam Piper and say they have some odd polarization or what not that makes them opalesce differently from earth opals. Or glow. Or
something.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Or we could go all H. Beam Piper and say they have some odd polarization or what not that makes them opalesce differently from earth opals. Or glow. Or
something.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.