Many of you have been asking about maintaining a good polish with opal. In my opinion, the polish on a stone makes or breaks it. The finer the polish, the more you start to bring out all the play o...
Kids love messing around, and if there is water involved, they seem to enjoy it more. So today, we thought you might like to see Justin teaching kids to cut opal. It’s school holidays over here – a...
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 help you understand what black opal is and why it is so v...
A few months ago we talked about how to spot a fake Lightning Ridge black opal and the many examples of the fake stuff found on Ebay. We put our money on the table and purchased a few pieces from a...
In this video, Justin shares some tips for how to best look after your opal.The best way to care for a piece of opal or opal jewelry is to maintain its shine with a jewelers cloth. Over time, the o...
There are two types of rough opal found in Lightning Ridge; nobby opal and seam opal. What are they? And how can you spot them? Rough Nobby Opal Rough nobby opals are found mostly in the Cooceran ...
In this video, Justin introduces his father, Jurgen, who has been carving opal for over 50 years. Jurgen really is a master and is passionate about the art of opal carving. The Dremel is a handheld...
Keep your opals away from water / Store your opals in water Never use an ultrasonic / Opals are fine to be cleaned in ultrasonicsAll these messages are confusing, aren’t they? It seems for every me...
Orientation of opal in jewelry when designing any piece of jewelry with opal pays to make sure you choose the right piece of opal for the job. Orientation refers to how the pattern shows up in the ...