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]]> By: wayne http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal/comment-page-1#comment-27 wayne Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:47:24 +0000 http://opalpro.com/?p=3#comment-27 New social web site for Rock hounds, Opal and Gem lovers. View Opal Mining and Gemstones Videos Opal Mining Pictures make UR own profile and Chat with people same interests ShareURlife.com New social web site for Rock hounds, Opal and Gem lovers.
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]]> By: wayne http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal/comment-page-1#comment-26 wayne Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:58:59 +0000 http://opalpro.com/?p=3#comment-26 Buying Rough Opal On The Internet. I have seen many new cutters go straight out and buy parcel rough black opal and start cutting Unfortunately they rub lot colour off trying to get good polish. This is due to 2 reasons firstly experience and how to polish and also most cutters have new wheels and don’t realise how sharp these diamond tip wheels are and leave big scratches in the opal so when polished the colour bar is rubbed away. Best is to start with rough opal from Koroit or Yowah, just middle to low grade opal rough This is easy to polish as you don’t have to follow colour bars .it is messy and brown stains but you can tell when polish is good on the opals. Next is to try cooper Pedy rough opal as they have thick colour bars and to rub down, than go and try boulder opal or black opal with thin colour bars Remember to always rub the worst looking rough in parcel, never start with the best promising pieces of rough, pick out the best looking rough opal and leave it aside than rub and polish the lower grade, this helps you get the feal of the parcel and sometimes cutters get top and bottom mixed as experiment on low grade before you cut the good opals Buy volume parcels and get experience, if diamond wheels too sharp just try rub down smooth with any tough stone and make sure you rub down even and have plenty of water Semi black or grey rough is good to start for lightning ridge material and sometimes these centres are black so if cutting these go for smaller black opal instead of large grey based opal Buying Rough Opal On The Internet.
I have seen many new cutters go straight out and buy parcel rough black opal and start cutting
Unfortunately they rub lot colour off trying to get good polish.
This is due to 2 reasons firstly experience and how to polish and also most cutters have new wheels and don’t realise how sharp these diamond tip wheels are and leave big scratches in the opal so when polished the colour bar is rubbed away.
Best is to start with rough opal from Koroit or Yowah, just middle to low grade opal rough
This is easy to polish as you don’t have to follow colour bars .it is messy and brown stains but you can tell when polish is good on the opals.
Next is to try cooper Pedy rough opal as they have thick colour bars and to rub down, than go and try boulder opal or black opal with thin colour bars

Remember to always rub the worst looking rough in parcel, never start with the best promising pieces of rough, pick out the best looking rough opal and leave it aside than rub and polish the lower grade, this helps you get the feal of the parcel and sometimes cutters get top and bottom mixed as experiment on low grade before you cut the good opals
Buy volume parcels and get experience, if diamond wheels too sharp just try rub down smooth with any tough stone and make sure you rub down even and have plenty of water
Semi black or grey rough is good to start for lightning ridge material and sometimes these centres are black so if cutting these go for smaller black opal instead of large grey based opal

]]> By: wayne http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal/comment-page-1#comment-25 wayne Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:01:09 +0000 http://opalpro.com/?p=3#comment-25 Buying opals on the internet Today the best way to buy opals is to buy on internet or go direct to opal fields of Australia and dig your own opal. In past opal miners and opal wholesalers would visits shows like Tucson in USA but today these shows are so expensive to go as seller Booth and travel costs are well over $20,000 now, and that’s only for one person. Now opal miners and opal dealers prefer to offer you opals at wholesale prices from the internet So make sure you buy for opal dealer with good feedback and who stand behind their product Most opal miners and opal wholesalers are honest and hard working, and have genuine passion for opals Be wary of sellers in Asia or middle men Ask as many questions as your comfortable with as to where the opal came from and ask is image accurate picture We now rate our images as accurate ,less accurate or more accurate of the actual opal We find around 90 % of images are as opal colours,5 % are brighter and 5% not as bright as opal Its good idea to see picture of opal held in fingers as if picture has been enhanced the skin colour doesn’t look good, if skin yellowish or grey colour it has been enhanced and also if picture of opal on grey background could be that it is white paper and enhanced darked so crystal opals with orange red colours look deeper colour. Videos are excellent as it shows colour and opal pattern but are expensive and time consuming to do so only expensive opals have videos taken ,but black opals with fire look good as it gives that 3 dimensional look when viewing cabochon black opal or even undulation boulder opal Buying opals on the internet
Today the best way to buy opals is to buy on internet or go direct to opal fields of Australia and dig your own opal.
In past opal miners and opal wholesalers would visits shows like Tucson in USA but today these shows are so expensive to go as seller
Booth and travel costs are well over $20,000 now, and that’s only for one person.
Now opal miners and opal dealers prefer to offer you opals at wholesale prices from the internet
So make sure you buy for opal dealer with good feedback and who stand behind their product
Most opal miners and opal wholesalers are honest and hard working, and have genuine passion for opals
Be wary of sellers in Asia or middle men
Ask as many questions as your comfortable with as to where the opal came from and ask is image accurate picture
We now rate our images as accurate ,less accurate or more accurate of the actual opal
We find around 90 % of images are as opal colours,5 % are brighter and 5% not as bright as opal
Its good idea to see picture of opal held in fingers as if picture has been enhanced the skin colour doesn’t look good, if skin yellowish or grey colour it has been enhanced and also if picture of opal on grey background could be that it is white paper and enhanced darked so crystal opals with orange red colours look deeper colour.
Videos are excellent as it shows colour and opal pattern but are expensive and time consuming to do so only expensive opals have videos taken ,but black opals with fire look good as it gives that 3 dimensional look when viewing cabochon black opal or even undulation boulder opal

]]> By: wayne sedawie http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal/comment-page-1#comment-23 wayne sedawie Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:36:11 +0000 http://opalpro.com/?p=3#comment-23 OPALS ARE LUCKY!! Many Asian cultures consider opals to be lucky. Some countries consider opal the anchor of hope so you will see opals set in jewellery piece shaped like anchor with opal set in the fork of the anchor. Lot of people don’t realize that it was De Beers who started a marketing campagain in Australia after the second war. Before than Australians were opal lovers and bought mainly crystal, opal from Cooper Pedy and had started to buy black opals from Lightning Ridge. De Beers had strong marketing strategy to sell opals as unlucky and for every man to buy his fiancé a diamond that cost one months salary. This has to be one of the best marketing campagains ever undertaken as now we know diamonds are not so unique or special For every girl wearing diamond under carat their must be millions also wearing a diamond the same so how can it be a precious gem? Late 2007 De Beers lost court case and has to refund 6% of purchase price to diamond buyers as they controlled the market, which is illegal There is 295 million dollars put aside for this court case but if lot buyers apply they will only get small amount as its billion dollar market Which brings me back to opals? Opals, especially black opals are unique and no one ha similar stone as its rare tog et black opals to match I think diamonds should be banned as blood diamonds, not because they kill people but for what they did to the opal industry. De Beers tried to sabotage the opal industry and nearly succeeded Imagine what a one carat red on black opal purchased before second war ,what it would be worth today?? In nearly 20 years of business I have seen black opals increase by at least 20 % per annum, Diamonds of one carat haven’t increased any where near this and there is more enjoyment beholding a magical black opal of multi red colours than diamond with rating that most people cant see with their natural eye So lucky are buyers who have purchase a red opal from me, they have pleasure to look at this beautiful gem and an investment gemstone also OPALS ARE LUCKY!!
Many Asian cultures consider opals to be lucky.
Some countries consider opal the anchor of hope so you will see opals set in jewellery piece shaped like anchor with opal set in the fork of the anchor.

Lot of people don’t realize that it was De Beers who started a marketing campagain in Australia after the second war.
Before than Australians were opal lovers and bought mainly crystal, opal from Cooper Pedy and had started to buy black opals from Lightning Ridge.
De Beers had strong marketing strategy to sell opals as unlucky and for every man to buy his fiancé a diamond that cost one months salary.
This has to be one of the best marketing campagains ever undertaken as now we know diamonds are not so unique or special
For every girl wearing diamond under carat their must be millions also wearing a diamond the same so how can it be a precious gem?
Late 2007 De Beers lost court case and has to refund 6% of purchase price to diamond buyers as they controlled the market, which is illegal
There is 295 million dollars put aside for this court case but if lot buyers apply they will only get small amount as its billion dollar market
Which brings me back to opals?
Opals, especially black opals are unique and no one ha similar stone as its rare tog et black opals to match
I think diamonds should be banned as blood diamonds, not because they kill people but for what they did to the opal industry.
De Beers tried to sabotage the opal industry and nearly succeeded
Imagine what a one carat red on black opal purchased before second war ,what it would be worth today??
In nearly 20 years of business I have seen black opals increase by at least 20 % per annum,
Diamonds of one carat haven’t increased any where near this and there is more enjoyment beholding a magical black opal of multi red colours than diamond with rating that most people cant see with their natural eye
So lucky are buyers who have purchase a red opal from me, they have pleasure to look at this beautiful gem and an investment gemstone also

]]> By: Carolyn Harris http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal/comment-page-1#comment-18 Carolyn Harris Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:40:31 +0000 http://opalpro.com/?p=3#comment-18 Thank you, it was an enjoyable read and full of information. So often it is hard to find a full description of the formation of gems and I feel very satisfied with what you have supplied. Love opals even if they do carry the myth of being 'bad luck' Thank you, it was an enjoyable read and full of information. So often it is hard to find a full description of the formation of gems and I feel very satisfied with what you have supplied.

Love opals even if they do carry the myth of being ‘bad luck’

]]> By: Scott aka TacticalMan http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal/comment-page-1#comment-2 Scott aka TacticalMan Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:43:05 +0000 http://opalpro.com/?p=3#comment-2 I'm greatful for the information and found the read quite enjoyable. Thank you for putting together such an informative piece and link. I’m greatful for the information and found the read quite enjoyable.
Thank you for putting together such an informative piece and link.

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