When I came across this piece of rough opal, its organic shape struck a similarity to the map of Australia and who doesn’t want an opal that is shaped like Oz? With the sand wreaking havoc on my i...
The discovery of a black opal of this calibre rarely occurs, which makes it so special when they are unearthed. However, when the story behind the gem is just as remarkable, then you know that se...
Witches Hat Nobby Opal are unique to Lightning Ridge and is easily recognisable from its peaked form on top of the rough opal piece.Working Through The Witches HatThis gorgeous Witches Hat Nobby s...
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...
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 didn’t have the highest of expectations for this piece of rough 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 when spotting a fake opal. Polish: Tre...
‘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 animal and geological. It was inspired by aer...
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 particular region in Lightning Ridge are some of the very best out there...
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 with a nice stone it will make for a ripper of a gem, but we could run into ...