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Ring Opal Jewellery.

Ring Opal Jewellery.

Posted by on Jul 14, 2018 in opal ring, Opal ring, Articles Jewelry. |

Ring with opal. Ring opal beautiful and the gemstone was first found and discovered in Lightning Ridge 1880s, there is a story that Mr Charlie Nettleton was the first guy to sink the first opal shaft in1903. By about 1909 1910 from other mining feels in this state and other states like South Australian the local population rose to 1,000, the miners expanded there operations out of town about 10 km to the famous 3 mile now Government Heritage listed and then further on to 4 mile, 1920 the opal mining fields slowed right up little production was coming out of town and the surrounding areas. About opal rings and opal jewellery.   Prior 1958 the English and Germans where the big buyers of opal gemstones and later on the scene the Americans buyers purchase Australian opals. But 1958 demand for this gemstone and mechanisation mining machinery, along with the price of black opal underground mining was quite active in and around lightning Ridge, the famous claim named Scotts at 3 mile was open cut by a guy simply named big bill and mining around 1970s. Japanese economy was booming and Japanese buyers were the biggest buyers of this gem from about 1979 to about 1995, Opal cut mining took off in a bigger way and the 3 mile became the biggest black opal pit in the history of this industry and now is Heritage listed and a State Museum the capital Sydney is being built next door to Graham Black 3 mile Heritage mine. Ring with opal. The Lightning Ridge Brothers that found the Guinness book of record black opal gave me this video they were working with me on my mine just before & not long after they passed away. I still have the State Heritage Listed opal mine in the same area where the brothers discovered the largest uncut Black opal in modern times at www.grahamblackopal.com. Japan economy started slowing up and so did the Japanese buyers, since this time on the Americans where the biggest buyers but after the prime crisis in the USA and the collapse of there dollar Americans have slowed up. 1990s the best source of opals were discovered since the original Lightning Ridge mines, about 20 minutes west and the other side of the Corcoran Lake. This deposit put the whole industry and area back on the International gemstone map, but since then the industry has had its own problems with government regulations tightening up workplace and safety restrictions, along with very strong environmental regulations and International fuel prices going through the roof. The Russians showed a lot of interest in the best quality deposits of opals known in the world, and that naturally only comes from Australia. About 2006 Russians were traveling for the first time since the collapse of the commonest System in their country, but since the economic...

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Opals Good Luck.

Opals Good Luck.

Posted by on Jul 1, 2018 in about opals, opal good luck, opal ring |

Opals Good Luck Charms Jewellery? Opals good luck ? yes as most opal comes from the most lucky of all countries Australia and is officially recognised by the Government as a official gemstone, so this is the greatest of lucky charms, as Australia was involved in defending the world and defeated the Imperial Japanese Emperors invasion of Asia www2 allies of the Germans and Italians, and many Australians had with them opals good luck Charms. Australians in www2 saved the French from the Nazis and defeating the Germans in www1 in Belgium the capital of the European Union, also in www1 the Muslim Country of Turkey that was allies of the Nazis in Europe the Australians landed on their shores. Australians defended Democratic South Korean against the dictators of North Korea in the cold war again many Australians had with them opals good luck Charms. Many countries believe opals are a very good luck jewellery, China and many countries in European Union USA Japan wealthy Middle Eastern countries Arab emirates South Korea Singapore and the British also people in democratic Hong Kong believe jewellery opals good luck charms. But there are many reasons why people have opal jewellery and opal rings, the main reason is their beauty and unique individual patterns and play of different types of colours. Every stone it’s unique and can take up to 100 million years for evolution to form beautiful multicolour predominately red colour stones, you will never see 2 of these types opals ever, unlike diamond and ruby or sapphire’s millions all the same priced because identical listed as A grade with identical colours or B grade identical colours floors all cut shaped the same, but hey guys handcrafted artistic designed opal ring wow amazing can be the most beautiful of all jewellery. Opals Good Luck Charms Jewellery? Some of the most beautiful designs of all opal rings are simply surrounded with little very affordable small diamonds where the unique patterns and colours of the opal gemstone is the much larger centre master piece in the jewellery...

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Opal Ring Gemstones.

Opal Ring Gemstones.

Posted by on Jun 7, 2018 in opal, opal ring |

Opal Ring Gemstones. Opal ring gemstones hey guys let your friends and people know where to fine the best prices for handmade opal rings, and the best quality Australian opals that are fully guaranteed natural gemstones. Videos about opal ring, wedding opal ring, engagement opal ring at Youtube Channel. Opal ring gemstones articles on graham’s website on the subject of the Australian industry and articles on the history, articles about how to clean opal rings jewelry many articles on this website. Information articles about cutting and polishing Australian gemstones, great articles on famous stones with photographs videos showing location of the biggest open cut black opal mine in the industry. Articles on how to hand make jewelry along with outbound links to youtube videos with inbound links to similar post on custom made jewelry handcrafted. On this website there is over 200 different articles on different subjects about Australian types of stones and all types of jewelry all unique handmade designs. Graham’s online site with every thing you need to know because these days, like unfortunately most of the the jewelry industry is mass-produced in countries like India or China, third world countries with lots of corruption and very little quality control, integrity is always a big issue in business. So graham always recommend choosing handcrafted custom-made rings from first world countries, as your country goldsmiths are like goldsmith in his country with official Government checks and balances and providing good legal system for customers. But the difference here you are going directly to graham’s Australian mine and saving a lot by cutting out the middleman that travels back and forward from Australia to your country supplying goldsmith with this gemstone. For people that would prefer more Information on this topic on opal ring gemstones please go to opal ring opal jewellery. here we provide free information and provide opals also from the Only official Government Heritage opal mine in Australia. Natural opal rings jewelry custom-hand made with natural opals only on this site, professionals goldsmith all Graham Master Jeweler with over 40 years jewelry designs across the globe. As graham provides a certificate to verify all claims written guarantee stating that the gemstone is natural and from Australian with no treatment of any kind, and if found otherwise full cost will be returned no questions asked, if you can find evidence.

 From the best biggest opal gemstone open cut mine and the finest quality gem ever discovered. You can return the opal jewelry within 60 day if the opal proves not to be a genuine solid Australian gemstone containing no treatments or enhancements. 30 days if opal rings do not come close to matching the description seen on the site. All Jewelry and gemstones are at wholesale prices direct from the opal miner.

Graham investment recommendations for 2018 gold opal ring with very good commercial grade and gem quality...

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Opal Formed ? How Is Opal Made.

Opal Formed ? How Is Opal Made.

Posted by on Jun 6, 2018 in opal, opal ring |

Opal formed made of ? What is comment Opal? Opal formed different types of stones like commercial grade that is more common then gem quality A grade precious opal, gem a term for the best that usually have strong colours with amazing visual patterns resembling objects, for example butterfly pattern or Chinese characters writing pattern also the amazing harlequin pattern and displays a unique flashes and play of colour, and one of the most sought-after patterns peacock harlequin. Opal formed stones of hydrated silica and Science has determined specific gravity 1.98 – 2.20 with refractive Index 1.44 – 1.46 but the hardness varies up to about 6.5. The best quality opal formed by far comes from the capital of the State of NSW Australia, the most amazing naturally gemstone but expensive only discovered around the town of Lightning Ridge. But only a small percentage of this black opal group of opals discovered will make the grade N1 – N2, this is the most amazing bodytone recognise worldwide as the best quality grade opal. Also the most stable opal by far under all climatic conditions unlike Ethiopian opal very porous, and bolder stones can have amazing colour but is nowhere as stable as black opal with good amazing colours, and of course the patterns are the best by far of all the opals including Crystal opal white semi black and bolder opal. These types of opal all have floors that would naturally be there, but under extreme conditions very hot conditions or the opposite very cold conditions problems will occur, often just very fine faults that you cannot see with the naked eye, can expand and fracture overtime plus colours can sometimes not stable like black opal, and gray colour amongst the other colours can often expand with time and ageing, where 100% good quality very dense heavy black opals you’re never have this problem. Opal formed millions of years ago made of silicon, most opal come from Australia.   Today’s science with the use of electron microscopy Scientists say the size of the spheres determines all colours, smallest ultraviolet but amazing things happen when the spheres increases to about 135 nm then they make violet colours, as the opal spears get bigger light blue colour appears and the size increase the spears generate dark blue colours and it goes on with every increase, then making green and then orange types of colours and over 240 nm the most rarest colour red, and when red is represented with multi-colours the most amazing and expensive of all gems. But bottom line your choice the most important and this is truly up to the eye of the beholder what bodytone each person prefers along with their favourite arrange of colours.   Video is about how to make a opal ring.     Back to the formation of opals Scientific theory small changes...

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Crafted Jewellery With Natural Opals.

Crafted Jewellery With Natural Opals.

Posted by on Feb 24, 2018 in opal jewellery, Opal jewelry, opal ring, opal ring |

Crafted jewellery opal ring handmade. Crafted jewellery with solid Australian natural opal gemstones, guaranteed 100% money back if the opals are ever found otherwise not to be an Australian opal. Gold these days seems to be a great investment always going up and opals and gemstones so you can resell for profit by many ways, including today’s World Wide Web on eBay or Alibaba website, there are many different gold sites and jewellery sites. There always and will still be the traditional sale methods for crafted jewellery at boutiques jewellery shops, and gem and jewellery trade shows. Many good quality crafted jewellery and gemstones are handed down to love once and often later in life if people have financial difficulties, this type of inheritance can help your next of kin get out of the problem. Currency money regardless of what country we are talking about seems to be up and down and mostly down a lot more these days, American dollar problems and bonds and of course bit coins are cider coins so do they have any true value maybe buying a coffee, but if you lose your password you lose your asset in bit coins. But gold jewellery with a beautiful opal and diamond are solid assets as rain and time will never damage gold or silver or sapphires or a beautiful ruby etc.   Crafted jewellery opal ring custom-made.   Cleaning method if the stone is not a solid stone like a doublet opal which is a natural thin layer of Crystal opal glued on to a darker background to either strengthen or enhance and make the colour’s more intense and beautiful. To avoid damaging the glue never use jewellery cleaning chemicals or water on the opal, and never soke opal rings or jewellery items either in solution.  Best method for crafted jewellery with opals, is using a cotton bud you can apply chemicals to the gold or the silver but never to the stone, leave chemical on jewellery 15 minutes about then wipe the chemical off, or if you used soapy water with a clean tissue dry and clean the ring from all detergent and stains. Then proceed with a new and cleaner tissue and go through the procedure again, after this make sure you have a very clean cloth and polish the jewellery and you are done.
But now for the opal this time only clean the gemstone by fogging the opal with your breath and immediately with new very clean tissue that came out of the packet only polishing the opal, repeat a few times with cleaner new tissue every time.
Always work close to the ground and always make sure there is a rug under wear you are working so if you drop the crafted opal jewellery or a crafted opal ring, you will not damage the opal gemstone on the hard floor.   Crafted jewellery opal...

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Ring Opals.

Ring Opals.

Posted by on Jan 28, 2018 in opal ring, opal ring, Opal ring, Articles Jewelry. |

Ring Opals Images Of Australian Gemstones Set Into Handcrafted Opal Rings. Ring opals images are all of handcrafted jewellery designs with all natural solid 100% guaranteed Australian opal gemstones, guaranteed solid opals with no treatment of any kind, with detailed description size and ct weight and with information on bodytone N System example black base or semi black or white bodytone base or crystal, also describing if the opal is with or without play of colour. Detailed description of the opal image colours or if single colours. Description also the amount of gold percentage, each ring either solid silver or 18 ^ gold. All opals are 100% guaranteed from the only official government Heritage opal mines and specialist in Australia Graham Black ring opals design jeweller . Ring Opals Images Jewellery. Ring opal image with very professional valuation certificate for the image above, this certificate will give you a very good idea of the retail shop price. You know by the time my natural opals have been purchased off me for just over $3000 just like the opal ring above, direct from me the miner the primary producer. Now the middleman will take them overseas selling them to retail outlets, they have to outsource a goldsmith designers and then, pay one professional to provide a certificate from a gemologist specialising in opals. Boutique jewellery rentals expensive and then the staff wages so you can see how much the cost has gone up if you need to replace for insurance purposes. This is a replacement certificate showing the value of the opal ring everybody pays for from there retail jewellery boutique . If lost and you need to replace the item ring using your insurance company, this is the cost the insurance company will have to reimburse you with, so you can pay to replace the ring very similar to this opal ring. More opal jewellery images at Opal rings at Youtube Channel. Some more Opal information : About Highest quality Opals must have very good highest dome cabochon with very thick colour bar, must have the best patterns examples the rarest patterns like harlequin, five out of five brightness with fire in and out of lights, predominantly red & multicolour bodytone black N1, must have a very clean back 100%. The face front of the stone 100% clean no grey or white in the face, must be symmetrical cut. About 4.5 cts type will be priced by Jeweller’s about $25,000 U.S, in locations America Germany Beijing China, Japan Tokyo in their special boutiques up $ more. When miners refer to “gem black opal quality and when purchase direct from the miners about $ 2000 ^ , for gem Australian black opal must have at least a slight cabochon quite flat opal with thin colour bar, but must have patterns examples like harlequin, 4 out of 4 at least brightness...

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Opal Natural Gemstones Pricing Guide.

Opal Natural Gemstones Pricing Guide.

Posted by on Jan 19, 2018 in about opals, How to price opals, opal ring |

Opal Natural Australian Opal Gemstone Educational Article, Opal Pricing Guide. Opal natural in rings and all opal jewellery from Graham Black is fully guarantee, with money back policy if opal does not fit the description. Policy 30 days only return policy you must pay for postage to Australia and be responsible for the opal until it reaches us. The opal sent back to us in the same condition as receive it in, and return the same opal back to Australia described for each individual jewellery item or gemstone.     Opals from Graham Black Opal specialist personal guarantee, 3 mile Heritage opal mine’s are recognised as having the finest quality, and most amazing opal ever discovered. Graham Black fully guarantees this is a natural Australian, black opal with no treatment of any kind, N1 bodytone with good play of colour. Graham also agrees totally with the lab testing certificate that this is a solid black stone, and all measurements size description ^ weight is correct.     Opal Natural Educational Article How To Prices Opals On Brightness. Here Is Two Very Good Examples Opals To Compare For Brightness Play Of Colour Or Fire For Jeweller’s and Goldsmith’s. The gemstone for sale is a on special to promote our business, amazing very good price because you can compare gemstones for yourself, the opal gemstone in the ring does not have as bright play of colour and is very much more expensive then the stone here for sale. Simply because the opal in the ring has only a semi-black opal set into the design. The opal on special is brighter because it has a 100% black bodytone N1 grouping the best. This certificate is for insurance replacement purposes also, certificate showing the value of the opal ring if lost and need to be replaced by your insurance company, where lab testing certificates do not show the retail value, only provides size description cts and stating natural or treated gemstone. More information about opal rings jewellery from Graham and his official Government state Heritage opal mine, from 3 mile rd in NSW and the capital of this state is Sydney Australia This opal natural no treatment of any kind and is much more expensive with similar brightness in full sun light, as the gemstone for sale about, and this opal with insurance replacement valuation is a little bit more brighter without light, then the opal for sale above. A great example because the black opal red multi colour has a certificate for insurance purposes, professional valuation replacement certificate showing the value of the opal if damage stolen or lost and need to be replaced by your insurance people.     There are many factors to valuing natural opal gemstones and many crystals and white opals along with semi-black can be brighter, have more fire then some natural black that only have very...

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