Types opals crystal -white – black Australia or Ethiopian .
Types opals we have a black type from the only mine lease, listed on State Heritage Register List as an item of environmental heritage in LEP National Trust of Australia Register.
Heritage submission read “Opal More rarely, specimens contain precious opal” And these are surely among the most beautiful natural objects on earth. The opal is of the highest quality, characterized by red/black gems of superlative brilliance.
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Types opals.
Types opals body tone is different to the play-of-color displayed in precious gem. Body tone refers to the relative darkness or lightness of the cut gemstone when ignoring the play of color. Light gemstones is the family of gemstone which shows a play of colour within or on a light body tone, AGIA Body Tone chart N7, N8, N9 when viewed face up, N9 category is white stones. Black family of opal which shows a play of color within or on a black body tone when viewed face up, reference to the AGIA body tone chart N1 N2 N3 N4 . Dark gemstones family of opal which shows a play of color within or on a dark body tone when viewed face up, AGIA body tone chart N5.
Types opals Australia is the main source of opals,stone hardness 6.5 to 5.5, 80% to 95% of all opals come from the remote semi deserts. Opal gemstone in Indonesia ,Honduras, Czechoslovakia, Peru Mexico Brazil, USA . Since the start of the new millennium South Australian crystal and white has not been producing a lot. And since the new Corcoran rush 1990s there has not been a lot of black stones also being produced and in the recent years around 2007 the country of Ethiopia has produced the greatest quantity of crystal that is on the market today,about 20% in 2014.
Types opals.
When buying diamonds sapphires or rubies you have either a real one or a synthetic. But with opal you can buy an expensive solid stone, or you can buy a triplet or a doublet. Doublets and triplets are far more affordable than solid opals, and they are still real.
We design jewelry using opals in the design, you can have all the colors of unique rare and different gemstone from around the world in one jewelry design. Opals have green colors like emerald, red garnets, white pearls,dark pigeon red ruby’s, light green-dark green of jade and the dark blue-light blue of sapphires,red color spindle gemstone, topaz beautiful blue , and the pink color of tourmaline, opal crystals as clear as diamonds and can have all these colors also yellow, and the exotic black Opal can have all the colors of the rainbow spectrum,iridescent multicolor types opals most hardness 5.5 to 6.5 .