Black opal jewellery Australian opals.
Black opal jewellery lot cheaper hear because you have gone direct to the primary producer goldsmith designer that open cut his own Australian opal mine. Here you are going direct wholesale prices to Mr Graham Black site and shopping cart, with the best deposit of Australian opals ever discovered from the only official government Heritage listed opal mine in the country of Australia, Heritage listed because the quality is the best deposit of opal gemstones ever discovered anywhere in the world.
Black opal jewellery advice about rings with opal gemstones from Australia, the best quality by far compared to all the other countries that produce this particular gemstone, in 2014 today’s major supply are coming from the country of Ethiopia and most of the opal rings and jewelry is manufactured in India, which mostly produces semiprecious crystal silver jewelry, there is some very nice opal been cut out of Ethiopian crystal with thick color bars which in turn will give excellent cabochon high domed stones which is quite sought after, but unfortunately the fire and brightness of color is very much lacking compared to the much more superior Australian crystal and black.
Black opal jewellery.
Opals Australian National Women’s basketball team name Opals, Head coach Jan has one Australian black opal from Graham’s famous black opal mine, which is next door to where the famous black opal named Halley’s comet, the Guinness book of world records largest uncut black opal gemstone that was discovered in modern time, and was discovered also in the same year 1986, the year when Halley’s comet could be seen from Earth. About Graham Black Opal official Government Heritage site in Australia more information at black opal jewellery. The head coach stated Graham’s black opal jewellery will remain Jan’s preferred lucky black opal jewellery to wear with pride . The coach has carried and worn a piece of lucky black opal during all the major campaigns whilst coaching the Australian Basketball team, throughout Jan’s world Championships of 2002, the Athens Olympics of 2004, medal 2006 World Championships and Silver in Beijing Olympics.
I should know as I have been mining Australian opal stones for 40 years, and is the only man alive that has an opal mining lease still registered, recognize as the best quality opal ever discovered. This is the reason why this opal open cut mine is the only lease that has a official government heritage listing in Australia, the capital of the state is Sydney and the place is known as the famous 3 mile, I was so very lucky to fine the last known deposit of the best quality opals, as the whole area now is 99% depleted and worked out.
There has never been such a brilliant opal gemstone deposit ever discovered even with today’s technology computers and chemical testing of soil types, that has matched the quality and beauty from the open cut mine on the 3 mile, where I am the last guy alive that worked this open cut himself, shaped polished all the stones, but by far my main passion today is custom goldsmith jewelry designs.
Black opal jewellery.
Semi black opal jewellery Australian opal jewelry.
Its virtually the only precious gemstone that is nearly impossible for most jewelers to estimate, because it is very difficult if not impossible in many cases to find two identical opals unlike, ruby sapphires diamonds say one carat same shape and cut, A grade they are all identical. This goes with grade B-C grade, or if they are 0.5 and a particular grade the same shape cut them they are all identical millions all the same, it does not matter what size 0.3 0.2 if they are all graded the same they are all priced the same. As there are millions of opals around the world but are all different to some degree they all have to be priced differently, as A grade opals same size 2 carat with identical cut will never have the same pattern or identical colors, then you have to think about clarity brilliance flaws and faults and the list goes on black white crystal Queensland boulder,Australian type Mexican type American .
There are only about a dozen full-time professional buyers based in the town of lightning Ridge where the best quality in the world is produced, and as it is one of the rarest gemstones then I recommend you to deal with an opal specialist next time you venture near a big city. Unfortunately many cities do not have a specialist, this is not a problem people are very lucky these days with the Internet. I would only deal with a genuine Australian miner, as nearly all are independent small teams, so go direct to a genuine mining company and you will find them amongst the first 10 pages of Google when it comes to search results when you type in for example black opal jewelry or black opal jewelry the way the English spell. I offer wholesale prices direct from my mine with the lowest prices also on custom jewelry designs.
Like buying a car or house buyer beware also purchasing online, some of the Ethiopian brown base is being passed off as Australian stones, it is good to have a certificate from a gem testing lab, but this will not tell you if the gemstone is from Australian Brazil or Ethiopia but it will tell you if it’s been treated. I give certificates clearly stating solid Australian lightning Ridge opals, no treatment of any kind signed personally by myself Graham Black
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The country of Mexico also has semiprecious low grade gemstone that often referred to by fire opal, but unfortunately this term is often used to describe predominantly red color opal also often refers to the brightness intensity of the colors. Brazil some nice crystal mostly semiprecious opal rings and jewelry are commercially manufactured unlike the Australian opals particularly the black opal and good quality crystal is only for custom craftsman jewelers which will only handcraft into opal rings,necklaces, earrings and pendants handmade opal jewelry of all designs. Unfortunately most of the jewelry you will find these days in department stores is not custom-made and mass-produced with many identical items, at least this is one of the only gemstones which are individual stones.
The gemstones come from this mine.
Image of my mine where the black opal jewellery comes from.
For over five years now most opals have come from the country of Ethiopia and the majority is D and C grade crystal with little bit of B gemstones, the only A grade B and C grade black opal N1 N2 gem quality investment stones come from lightning Ridge the state of New South Wales Australia. There is no other deposit in the world that has this type of black opal, the closest opal that comes anywhere near Lightning Ridge black opal was discovered in the state of South Australia the place is named Mintabe an indigenous word,but only has a grey or semi-black. White and crystal opal mostly comes from the town named Andamooka an indigenous word also and Cooper Pedi also from this State. Majority of the best quality crystal comes from south Australia and Lightning Ridge but the town is in the State of N.S.W .
Because Australia is a first world country where environmental factors play a big part in the mining industry, along with aboriginal native land title that now controls some mining locations, also the carbon foot print you leave behind must be minimized so there is little impact on the environment this all adds to the cost so there is not much on the market todays . The country of Ethiopia is third world the labour saving along with very little safety and health standards. Regulation rehabilitation has made it very difficult for Australian miners as they are mechanized with fuel cost increasing .
Black opal jewellery Australian opals.
During this millennium Australian miners have gone elsewhere as gold prices are good and not as difficult to find.
Australian is superior with small quantities being produced and very good quality opal deposits are not discovered often, so Ethiopian will have to do for the time being if you looking for a cheap October birthstone. If you’re looking for commercial grade and high quality then you have to buy Australian black semi-black or crystal but don’t forget be prepared to pay more .
Types of opal jewelry to buy if you need a solid stone and a bargain, then you must look for inlay opal jewelry .When buying your opal jewelry you should first consider opal type and pattern,size,opal brilliance,stone color . All gemstones has trade offs you have to decide, once you choose it usually comes down to choosing colors you love and your budget.
I hope you have enjoyed my opal jewelry advice and hope you look forward to more information regarding my industry, as I love what I do making jewelry for people around the world as the Internet has allowed me to keep working, otherwise I would still have to travel around the world on marketing trips and not be able to concentrate on my passion black opal jewellery designed jewelry, and past the cost on to my customers.
