Opal australia

Black Opal is Australia’s national gemstone, and black opal is the rarest and most valuable of its kind, at times selling at prices that rival the best diamonds. The stone must have a rich, black background, but base colors come in all shades of gray, which is why opinions vary on what is a “true” black opal. Found in the Lightning Ridge area in northwestern New South Wales, black opals are natural, solid stones that absorb scattered white light, giving it brilliant spectral colors.

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daily timewaster: Yowah Opal ''rune'' from the deserts of the Australian outback

We recently had the privilege to work with this wonderful group of gem opals in the 7 to 10 carat category. The top row are opals from Mexico, including the orange red Fire Opal, and the others from Australia’s famous Lightning Ridge and Coober Pedy fields. The term Fire Opal refers specifically to those Mexican […]

Yowah Opal Matrix

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Opal Auctions categories. Easily find and navigate to the exact type of opal you are interested in. From Black Opal to Yowah, we have individual categories.

Gem Boulder Opal from the Winton/Opalton mining area ,Queensland , Australia . [July 2017 ]