Whilst 95% of the Worlds Opal has been discovered in Australia to date, some stunning opals have been found in a district called Welo in Ethiopian, No...
Crystal Boulder Opal is a unique type of boulder opal that is sandstone based, apposed to the regular, more well known ironstone based boulder opal. S...
Coober Pedy is an outback desert town located in South Australia in Australia, around 900km north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The Stuart Highwa...
Opals can contain every color of the rainbow within them. Blue, Green, Purple, Pink, Yellow, Red, Orange, and everything in between. Sometimes individ...
We often get asked how to properly care for your opal to ensure longevity and minimize the chance of damage. There is a common perception about Austra...
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I recently had the great pleasure of being able to visit some friends in the opal industries Boulder Opal...
Belemnite is an opalized, fossilized squid that has been discovered mainly in Coober Pedy, South Australia. Formed over approx. 100 million years, the...
How are Opals made?
Opal is formed from a solution of silicon dioxide and water. As water runs down through the earth, it picks up silica from sandsto...
Lightning Ridge is a small outback town in north-western New South Wales, Australia. Part of Walgett Shire, Lightning Ridge is situated near the south...