Blue fire opal is the term used for opal with blue color play and pattern. The blue in the color has become quite rare and expensive since the larger pockets have been mostly mined out. Blue opal has a fire when it has a brightness of 5 that can be seen by the people who love blue. The fire in the blue is not red like fire but has flames of blue fire. The whole concept that opal having fire does not mean the opal has to look like fire. Fire flames can be blue green and red,
So the term blue fire opal is fire pattern that the opal shows when held in the light and moved around. Opal has an amazing ability to change pattern and color when it is moved, or the light source is moved around the stone.
Blue the color is one of the most popular colors in the color spectrum and to find it in a gemstone is awesome for blue lovers. Sapphires have blue color but they have no color play like an opal. There is no other gemstone in the world that shows color play like opal. Tanzanite has an amazing blue color but still has no colorplay.
If you were considering buying an opal for a ring or a pendant, a blue fire opal would be a great type of opal to buy. The price tag on a blue opal would not be as high as the price of a red on black opal.
In my experience the blue nobby’s that have come out of the ground in quantities have come from the Cooceran Field and Jag Hill in Lightning Ridge. Blue nobby’s can come in large sizes, up to 200 carats and can make car stopping pendants that can hang around your neck.
Belt Buckles are another popular use for the big blue opal. That have come out of the ground. Many Americans have transformed large opal gemstones into Southern belt buckles and they have stood out of the crowd.
A blue opal that was about 200 carats was called the Orion Queen and was worth over $60,000. The stone was cut in the early days By my father Jurgen Thomas who was one of the best opal cutters in the world. Many opal dealers and exporters of opal contracted my father to cut and polish the opal they bought from Lightning Ridge and the boulder fields..
For more information on opal cutting or purchasing opal. Please email blackopalsdirect@live.com or you can call me on Skype My username is Blackopaldirect and it’s free!
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