Insiders Guide to Buying Black Opals
Insiders Guide to Buying Black Opals Insiders Guide to Buying Black Opals: Buying Black Opals, a Minefield Buying Black Opals can be a minefield if you will excuse the pun. To start with, what IS a black opal? Well, it’s not BLACK as you would incorrectly but understandably assume. Well, at least it’s not black […]
Boulder Opal: Ten Things to Keep in Mind when Buying
Boulder Opal: Ten Things to Keep in Mind when Buying Ten Things to Keep in Mind when Buying this most precious gem from the Queensland Australia opal fields A. Boulder Opal What IS Boulder opal? This is the first of the ten things to keep in mind when buying boulder opal. First, boulder is a variety […]
Ten Things to Keep in Mind when Buying Black Opal
Ten Things to keep in mind when buying Black Opal What IS black opal? Well, for a start, it’s NOT BLACK and that’s why it can be confusing to the novice wanting to buy one. The term Black Opal was first coined to fill a need to define its difference from previously known opals which […]
Cutting and Polishing Opal Rough
Cutting and Polishing Opal Rough Opal Cutting and Polishing Opal Rough is not as Difficult as you Might Think Opal Cutting and repair Tips – read the book Opal is one of the easiest stones to cut. The trick is chasing the color to make sure you approach the color from the right direction. Lapidary clubs […]
Work on Opal Without Special Machines
Work on opal without special machines Work on Opal Without Special Machines: If you don’t have any machinery, you can do it by hand this way: You have to find a piece of opal that is not too large so that it can be handled easily and has a fairly flat or domed surface. Buy […]
Opals For Sale
Opals For Sale Opals For Sale: There are about 1000 opals for sale at Opal Mine Opal Jewelry For Sale You can get opals for sale that are already set in jewelry, (or jewellery if you come from the United Kingdom.) Opal rings, pendants, necklaces, brooches, earrings, bracelets, tie tacks, tie bars, cuff links. Opal […]
Queen of Gems and Gem of Queens
Queen of Gems and Gem of Queens Queen of Gems and Gem of Queens: Mystifying Opal! Flickering with sparkling blue, aqua, green, red or yellow, is awesome in its eerie beauty. It is the only precious stone having the natural ability to split or diffract the light falling onto it. This makes its optical properties […]
Real Opal jewelry
Real Opal jewelry Real Opal jewelry well, that’s an expression that immediately raises a question. Are we saying that there are some types of opal jewelry that are NOT real? That is the opal stone itself is not a natural one out of the ground! Yes, that’s exactly what we are saying. You see, along […]
The Jewelry Australia Manufactures
Jewelry Australia Manufactures The Jewelry Australia Manufactures: ‘Jewelry’ or as we spell it here ‘Jewellery’ (U.K. Spelling) When it comes to jewelry Australia is very much influenced by our national gemstone, Opal. In the past, it has been a challenge for designers to come up with ideas that will enhance the opal and get away […]
Australian Opal Jewellery
Australian Opal Jewellery Australian opal jewellery has finally come of age. In the past decade or so, the Australian government has seen fit to create a national gemstone and even though many other gemstones are found in this large continent, most of them are also found extensively in other countries. Not so with opal. Even […]