The difficult decision every opal cutter must make is about face — the opal face of course! Which side do I decide to cut when both sides show promising colors? These are dilemmas I face constantly...
This particular rough opal was sold to me as a piece of Coober Pedy, but it’s actually Andamooka Seam Opal. With two color bars showing, I knew the challenge was to orientate it correctly throughou...
Black Opal or Dark Opal? Your guess is as good as ours. We picked up this Nobby on our last trip out to Lightning Ridge. It came from a field where a patch of black opal was recently found, so our...
Our Lightning Ridge road trip was way overdue, however, we finally were able to jump in the car and head south-west to the best mining town in Australia — in our humble opinion. BOD’s wonderful fr...
Let’s have a chat about Pea Nobby’s and different types of rough opal. Rough Opal There are two types of rough opal — Seam Opal and Nobby Opal. Seam Opal is plate form and Grawin is exclusively ...
We have heard your cries of ‘when are we going to see a piece of Coober Pedy opal being cut?’ and… ‘Coober Pedy opal is awesome too you know!’. So we’ve listened and decided to give the people what...
Wyoming Field Nobby is well known for looking a little average on the outside yet generally producing something great on the inside. This nobby is no exception with its hazy blue top and black potc...
This is a frontrunner for one of the best crystal opals I have ever seen and I have seen some exceptional opals. But I knew with a bit of skill and precision, I could rid the back of sand and unvei...
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 thank you all for your support over the past year and are so excited...