Happy Festive Season 2021
Wishing you all a very merry festive season and a happy and safe start to the new year.We would love to take this opportunity to … Read more
Zero to 100
This humble piece of rough nobby opal certainly does take us from a zero to 100 in a short, albeit intense, amount of time. I … Read more
How to spot treated opal
This week Justin will take you through some obvious and not so obvious differences between natural Australian black opal and treated black opal. Key factors … Read more
CHRISTMAS CUT-OFF DATES 2021
Want to receive your goodies before Christmas? Then jot down the dates below to avoid disappointment — happy shopping! Any form of Custom Jewelry will … Read more
Kindred Collection
‘We are connected to each other and the land by many threads.’ Kindred Collection byRuth Benjamin-Thomas Kindred is a melding of the botanical with the … Read more
Jag Hill Nobby Opal
This week I am working on a Jag Hill Nobby Opal piece and I’m anticipating a great outcome for this one. The opals from this … Read more
Red Bar Rough
I have been saving this red bar rough piece until I had studied it long enough to work out how to tackle it.If it faces … Read more
Seam Crystal Opal
To find a gorgeous piece of crisp and clear Crystal Opal from Seam Country in Lightning Ridge is quite rare, they are usually found to … Read more
Rough and Ready
Easy peasy lemon squeezy is my prediction on how this rough opal piece is going cut — low stress and smooth sailing or rough and … Read more
Rough Lesson
What is it about rough opal pieces that gets my heart racing?Is it the uncertainty of what’s inside or the thrill of the reveal?Well, it … Read more
Synthetic Opal Jewelry: A video guide
Today we are going to talk about buying opal jewelry – specifically recognising synthetic opal jewelry. Firstly, let me say that synthetic opal jewelry definitely … Read more
