Opal Unset 2007

Chrystal Opal from Lightning Ridge

Size: 22×16 mm

Total Carats :8.65

Status: Unset

Shape: Free form

Named: ‘the wolf’

Registered Post: Free to your door or post office box

More information
These stones and their close cousin, white or milk opal are some of the best known opals in the world because of the fact that crystal and white opal have been mined for centuries, if not for thousands of years. European supplies came from the opal mines in Hungary which are all but mined out now. The difference between crystal and white opal is that crystal is more translucent, in that you can actually see down deep into the stone. White opal is opaque, the color being on the surface of the stone. Crystal opals are the more expensive variety.

Where do they come from?

Most light opals come from The Coober Pedy fields but this one is from the Lightning Ridge area

Description mainly green with some orange