today i learnt that opal is pretty common in australia
also, opals are pretty
also also: i've always disliked my "birthstone", which isn't the opal
@patience i'm just glad my birthstone isn't pearl. that would really annoy me :P
@Dangerous_beans pearl's kind of bland, but not terribly obnoxious
@Dangerous_beans technically, neither is opal :)
@patience at least it comes out of the ground
@Dangerous_beans omg you really do have a visceral dislike for pearl, dang
@patience i have no problem with pearls, they just aren't in any way a stone.
@Dangerous_beans i'm guessing your least-favourite Crystal Gem on Steven Universe is Pearl solely for this reason :D
@patience don't know, i haven't seen Steven Universe
@Dangerous_beans it's actually quite fantastic
@patience cool, i might watch it once i finish attack on titan
@patience yeah, but it's not a stone >:\