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all info pertaining to australian opals and opal fields is ok. online valuations is difficult but not entirely impossible. Photographs of stones should clearly show weight in carats and scale in mm. naturally photographs of opals are the hardest thing to take as a slight shift in direction displays a new colour or plane
Born into a pioneering opal family , now 48 yrs old , visited every opal field in australia, seen some of the finest stones ever produced . Sold high quality gems to japanese collectors and europeans and Americans
Have an incredible photogallery of opals ...try me !
The Directory of Australian Opal Dealers AGIOA Basel Gem Fair
Iwaki Dinosaur Fair Ibaragi Prefecture Japan
International Jewelry Tokyo .
Hong Kong Jewellery Show , Bankok Jewellery Show, Hiroshima Exhibition of Fine Gems, Tokyo International Jewellery Fair .
various gem and jewellery WEBSITES
Sydney Grammar School graduate
That you can not just learn this information from a book without a lifetime of handed down experience.
That beauty in the natural world of gemstones has no price .
Gem Opal is much more rare than average Diamond. Gem opal are becoming more difficult to find as the easy ground has all been worked in Australia . Only some extraordinary events will see exploration into fringe areas in Australia. Its almost like Mars ! There just might be an asteriod or planet that has properties similar to the Opal ...wouldnt that be wild !
There is no more opal being made by mother earth . 96% of the worlds gem opal comes from Australia. There is no known way of detecting precious opal . Once upon a time it was sought after from all corners of the world, now everybody almost has everything . Not everyone loves opal but those that do still have the ability to dream in colour beyond the square !
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Hi Jeff , well actually Pearl are not my speciality , Opal is , but they go well together and I know a little about them enough to answer your question in part . These appear to be fresh water pearls
Hi Vinney, Yes , my father concurs, that this is most likely shell from Coober Pedy ( bi-valve ) . Miners dont find many there much anymore (at a location called "Shellpatch") so its value for replacement
Hi Vinney, Thanks for the image This appraisal says "boulder brown opal". This is misleading, a "boulder opal" is a type of Australian Opal from Queensland . The brown in a boulder opal is referring
Hi Vinney , Lucky you 192 ct opal is big and if its been in your family for years, I hope it would stay in your family for more years. Thats unfortunate that you are wanting to sell it . Right now
Hi Mike , thanks for your question , this is not my field , but I recently answered a question similar so Ill answer this one. KP means its 14 k gold plated magic -glo is a some kind of plating treatment
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