![]() Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. It was Queen Victoria however who really revived the passion for opal jewelry in the late nineteenth century when she wore it regularly and gave suites to her daughters.The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Considered throughout the centuries to be enormously lucky – knights took opal into battle believing it protected them – as did women who used opal is a strengthening talisman in childbirth. And Pliny a Roman philosopher called it the Queen of Gems for its multitude of colors. It is rumored that Cleopatra has an opal in her tiara from her lover Mark Antony. Opal jewelry has been worn for millennia. Wearing an opal ring or earrings or necklace is to say to the world – I enjoy finer things and I am not a sheep – I like to march to the beat of my own drum. Because of its inherent uniqueness opal jewelry always stands out and you are sure to get comments. Each piece has been designed around the opal to make it shine and show it off. Unlike may other stores – we don’t use synthetic opal in our jewelry and unless stated all the opal is solid. Opal Jewelry Our jewelry is 100% natural Australian Opal jewelry.As cutters ourselves we put together parcels in a variety… It’s always a bit of a surprise what mother nature dishes out, and that is half the fun – the other half, of course, is the challenge of working with the opal to show its best face. Rough & Unfinished Black Opal The opals here are completely unfinished but we may have snipped some of the pieces to give you a clear understanding of what you may find inside the nobby or seam. Opal cutters looking for parcels of rough opal can browse through this catalog or contact us for more specific needs, we’re here to help and we know how difficult it is to find the right opal to satisfy a special opal jewelry design. These are strong, stable opals that won’t easily fall apart or crumble as you can cut, sand, polish, and carve them into the shape you need for your own custom opal jewelry creation. These are all natural precious opal gemstones in their original state, without any treatments. All of the opals you’ll find here are from Lightning Ridge, Australia. Rough Opal This is our full catalog of rough opal single gemstones and parcels of rough opals.Don’t confuse crystal opals with white opals because the opals in this catalog will allow light to pass right through them, which is why those crystal opal earrings we mentioned would look… The flash of color in these opals is often large and bright, and no two are ever alike. The strong and stable quality of these opals are perfect if you are looking to make a ring, pendant, or any other jewelry with one of these opals. This translucent quality would create an interesting effect in a pair of earrings with how they look outside in sunlight compared to how those same Australian crystal opal earrings would look in the evening or indoors. ![]() If you hold it up to the light you can see through it. Crystal opals differ from their black opal and white opal siblings in that light can travel all the way through the stone. That stronger quality makes them easier for jewelers to work with when making your custom jewelry designs. Since these are Australian crystal opal they are all stronger than opals from other parts of the world. Crystal Opal Within this online catalog you’ll find a wide selection of precious gemstones from Lightning Ridge, Australia.dark opals are a great way to own a larger impressive stone in carat weight and display a lighter bodytone of between N5 and N6 on the bodytone scale. ![]()
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