Digger Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Apparently Australia supplies 80% of the gemstone quality opals. I think they are the nicest gemstone in the world, each one individual from the other. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=opal+pics&client=safari&rls=en&dcr=0&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQxKza3-nYAhVES7wKHc8pBpcQsAQIKA&biw=1706&bih=934 I’ve bought 3 opal rings for Gael over the years as she likes them too. I like the more subtle milky colours, do you see one you like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I kinda like those Fire Opals Rob. Some of them really look like they are on fire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 I kinda like those Fire Opals Rob. Some of them really look like they are on fire! The problem is that they all look nice I reckon Brad but I like less obvious things. I think Fire Opal is less common that some of the other colours, probably worth more too. We have 4 main places they are found, Coober Pedy and Andamooka in South Australia, White Cliffs & Lightning Ridge in northern NSW. Even some old fence posts have been found opalised so it can be a quick transformation. Solid opal is expensive stuff though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Coober Pedy! rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Coober Pedy! rct Yep Coober Pedy an Aboriginal name I suspect. They have to live underground there as it just gets too hot! http://www.cooberpedy.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Yep Coober Pedy an Aboriginal name I suspect. They have to live underground there as it just gets too hot! http://www.cooberpedy.net Saw a long bit about that place on one of the old people Sunday shows we were watching. Pretty cool! rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 As stones go, I am a big fan of opals. I bought my first wife an opal ring that was really gorgeous. This was decades ago. My 2nd wife is a bigger fan of jade, but she's kind of an aging hippy chick. All that said, this is the opal that I like the best. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I had no idea there was so much variety. I like this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 If you go digging around in the area I live, all you'll find is clay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Apparently Australia supplies 80% of the gemstone quality opals.... Yep, Mrs. Cougar and I dropped a bundle on a real nice one when we were down in your neck of the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 only stone I ever bought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 Well guys thanks for supporting our economy and I hope those lovely stones remind you of us folk down south whenever you see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 As stones go, I am a big fan of opals. I bought my first wife an opal ring that was really gorgeous. This was decades ago. My 2nd wife is a bigger fan of jade, but she's kind of an aging hippy chick. All that said, this is the opal that I like the best. :) Gorgeous! Incidentally I like jade a lot too! We bought some as jewellery a couple of times in Cowell S.Aust when we were there catching Blue Swimmer crabs. Cowell is Australia's only source of Jade and includes rare black jade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 I had no idea there was so much variety. I like this one Look at the fire in that sucker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Pretty cool rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Didn't know they came in so many colors. I bought Deb a set of them way way back. Ring and earrings. I like the blue stone way down although my birthstone is a Diamond. No one has ever offered to get me my birthstone in a mans ring?ive had lots of people ask me what my stone is, Hmmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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