Jewelers
Jewelers Good Jewelers are not always easy to find Most people don’t realize but there are several specialized areas within the jewelry manufacturing process that are sometimes not known by all jewelers. In some cases, you will find that a jeweler can create a nice jewellery piece but you will find out that he often […]
Boulder Opal Rings
Boulder Opal Rings The Boulder Opal Rings in the pictures below are examples of what is available from time to time at the Opalmine site. You can take a look in the opal shop to see what is available and leave a message on the blog below if you want to know how to order […]
Australian Opal Jewelry
Australian Opal Jewelry Australian Opal Jewelry details: 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 though of course there […]
Jewelers and Gold Jewelry
Jewelers and Gold Jewelry Jewelers and Gold Jewelry..Never did the archaeologists expect to find amazing evidence of ancient jewelers and gold jewelry in the ruins of this ancient city. The anticipation was building. In the 1920’s Leonard Woolley had been given an assignment from the Pennsylvania Museum to do a thorough investigation of the newly […]
Opal Mines of Australia
Opal Mines of Australia Opal mines of Australia were discovered back in the mid-nineteenth century. Often they were discovered by chance while various outback men were going about duties far removed from the idea of looking for precious gems, in this case, opal. Since this article was written, Mike cleaned out this hole but in […]
Koroit Opal Mine
Koroit Opal Mine Koroit Opal Mine Another amazing opal spot in the Yowah region I visited Koroit opal mine back in 1968. It was on a property called Boobora station. What attracted me most of all as we rattled along the old corrugated road between Cunnamulla and Charleville, western Queensland was the beautiful streams of […]
Coober Pedy Opal Fields
Coober Pedy Opal Fields Coober Pedy Opal fields, Australia’s Opal Capital Details about when Coober Pedy opal fields were discovered and the meaning of the name is found in another post on this site entitled, ‘Opal Mines of Australia,’ so this article will focus more on the Coober Pedy Opal fields themselves, and the status […]
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 […]