Blue Opal is a common term that refers to the dominant opal color, not the body color (i.e. black, semi-black, white), as is thought by some. Universally blue is the most popular color globally and...
Harold Hodge' Opal Teeth. Source: Australian Opal CentreThere are some amazing stories out there and it seems the opal world has more than it’s fair share. The most jaw dropping (pardon the pun) i...
Opal fossils are opals formed in the cavity left underground by an animal that has perished and left the shape of its former self to be filled by silica spheres over many years. The rain that falls...
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 natural fissures and cavities that have been formed undergr...
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The Maze @ Nettleton’s LookoutWell, I’ve clocked up a few miles in the past week with a trip to Lightning Ridge. Being winter, the weather was gorgeous with sunny warm days but beware when the sun...
Matrix opal is a treated opal that comes from in Australia. It is defined as opal in host rock. The main field that produces this matrix opal is Andamooka in South Australia. The field was discover...
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 comes in a nobby-like form that is usually brownish in tint. The...
The Lightning Ridge gem show went off without a hitch, the sun was bright but cold at night, with many people coming from all over. The all-around feeling that the gem show had was a nice easy goin...