What is a Black Opal?
When you work closely with opal for over 30 years, you can sometimes forget how important the most obvious questions are! In this video, I … Read more
Natural Opal
Natural opal is the term used for opal that has naturally formed in the ground in areas where silica is in high concentration through the … Read more
Lightning Ridge Opal
There are many types of rough opal from many parts of the world. Rough opal comes in many forms, shapes and sizes. In Ethiopia, opal … Read more
Green Blue Opal
There are many categories of opal when it comes to grading them out. Opals of all different colors are and have different values depending on … Read more
Solid Black Opal
Solid black opal is found mainly in Lightning Ridge in Australia. Black opal is a dark-bodied or a dark tint throughout the opal, making the … Read more
Black Crystal Opal
Black crystal opal is a rare type of opal. It is tough to find black crystal opal in large quantities because its makeup is hard … Read more
Australian Black Opal
Australian Black Opal comes from Lightning Ridge in the outback of New South Wales, Australia. Commercially it would produce over 95% of the World’s black … Read more
Gem Black Opal
How is Gem Black Opal found? Gem black Opal is found in the formation of a nobby (rounded nodule) or in a seam. Lightning Ridge … Read more
