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Multi-Color Solid Opal 14.5x7mm :: $162.00 USD Description coming soon. ...

Green Solid Opal 8.3x6mm :: $162.00 USD Description coming soon. ...

Green/Orange Solid Opal 7.5x4.5mm :: $162.00 USD Description coming soon....

Red Solid Opal 12x10mm :: $162.00 USD Description coming soon. ...

Red Solid Opal 11x9.2mm :: $166.50 USD Description coming soon. ...

Multi-Color Solid Opal 10.7x7.5mm :: $171.00 USD Description coming soon. ...

2 x Solid Opals :: $171.00 USD One opal is 10x6.5mm and with a med. cab and the other is 8.5x5.5mm with a flat top. Both have minor inclusions which will not be visible once set....

2 x Gold/Orange Solid Opals :: $171.00 USD These opals are both around 10x8mm and make a beautiful set. Both opals have very minor inclusions which are barely visible. ...

Red Solid Opal 14x6.5mm :: $171.00 USD Description coming soon....

5 x Solid Opals :: $175.50 USD Description coming soon. ...

Multi-Color Solid Opal 13.5x10.5mm :: $180.00 USD Description coming soon....

Green Solid Opal 12x7.5mm :: $180.00 USD Description coming soon....

2 x Solid Opals :: $180.00 USD 17.5 x 6.25mm and 12.5 x 7mm. Description coming soon. ...

2 x Red Solid Opals :: $180.00 USD 15x8.5mm and 12.5x8.5mm. Description coming soon. ...

Red Solid Opal 10.5x7.8mm :: $180.00 USD Description coming soon. ...

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Lightning Ridge Opals

Lightning Ridge and it's surrounding areas produce the world's only supply of black opals (also known as black fire opal). Most of these gemstones are found as nobbies, although black opals are also found in seam. A nobbie looks just like any other rock and most are a grayish- blue color. It's not until the nobbies are chipped that they reveal their hidden treasure of black fire opal.

The miners collect large amount of opal bearing level and wash it for long periods in giant tumblers (even cement-mixer trucks are known to be used). Once the dirt has been washed away leaving the nobbies, each one must be chipped to reveal whether it's only black potch, or if there's a beautiful Lightning Ridge fire opal gemstone hidden inside. These gemstones are then cut into solid opals and mounted into rings, pendants, earrings and other types of jewelry.

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