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]]> Comment on KORIOT and YOWAH Opal - A Rising Star? by Rough Opal http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/koriot-and-yowah-opal-a-rising-star#comment-29 Rough Opal Mon, 26 May 2008 05:47:17 +0000 http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/koriot-and-yowah-opal-a-rising-star#comment-29 Black opal is still more investment value than the others, and I think this will keep for long time. Black opal is still more investment value than the others, and I think this will keep for long time.

]]> Comment on KORIOT and YOWAH Opal - A Rising Star? by opalholic http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/koriot-and-yowah-opal-a-rising-star#comment-28 opalholic Thu, 01 May 2008 23:19:37 +0000 http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/koriot-and-yowah-opal-a-rising-star#comment-28 The main difference in price is due to the fact that black, white and crystal opals are solid opals. The entire stone is comprised of opal, whereas boulder and yowah opals are primarily ironstone with small amounts of opal throughout, or on top. The weight of a yowah or boulder stone is mostly worthless ironstone, whereas the other opals are pure opal. It's kind of like comparing solid opals to opal doublets and triplets. The solid black stone may cost $2000, whereas a doublet or triplet that has the same colors and brightness may only cost $200. Reason being, there is only a very small amount of actual gemstone present in the doublets and triplets. Will boulder prices rise as black opals become more scarce, yes, but I doubt to the degree that you imply. The main difference in price is due to the fact that black, white and crystal opals are solid opals. The entire stone is comprised of opal, whereas boulder and yowah opals are primarily ironstone with small amounts of opal throughout, or on top. The weight of a yowah or boulder stone is mostly worthless ironstone, whereas the other opals are pure opal. It’s kind of like comparing solid opals to opal doublets and triplets. The solid black stone may cost $2000, whereas a doublet or triplet that has the same colors and brightness may only cost $200. Reason being, there is only a very small amount of actual gemstone present in the doublets and triplets. Will boulder prices rise as black opals become more scarce, yes, but I doubt to the degree that you imply.

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]]> Comment on What is an Opal? by wayne http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal#comment-26 wayne Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:58:59 +0000 http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal#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

]]> Comment on What is an Opal? by wayne http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal#comment-25 wayne Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:01:09 +0000 http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal#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

]]> Comment on What is an Opal? by wayne sedawie http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal#comment-23 wayne sedawie Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:36:11 +0000 http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/what-is-an-opal#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

]]> Comment on Opal Books by wayne sedawie http://www.opalpro.com/literature/opal-books#comment-22 wayne sedawie Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:24:03 +0000 http://www.opalpro.com/literature/opal-books#comment-22 If you’re planning a trip to the Opal fields of Australia, Len cram has just bought out new book in Jan 2008, which I think is ideal to help you plan and opal adventure with your travels to Australia Book is titled The Wonders Of Fossicking and Exploring The Australian opal Fields This book covers all the opal fields and has maps so easy to follow. Opal mining areas include by state Queensland Opal fields Kynuna Opalaton Mayside Opalville Little wonder Hammond Hayricks Bull creek Sheepyard creek Duck creek Blackgarte Yowah Koroit Quilpie Eromanga Jundah Winton South Australian Opal fields Coober Pedy Andamooka Lambina Mintabie New South Wales Lightning Ridge home of famous black opals White Cliffs Book also has section about opal facts and opal myths Very interesting book available from True blue opals selling onwww.opalauctions.com If your planning an opal trip best time to visit in winter autum months as summer is far to hot and dangerous in the dry Australian outback Best time is when opal shows are on Winton opal expo on 7-11 July 2009 this will be large opal expo with symposium Coober Pedy opal gem show 11-12 July 2008 Lightning Ridge Black Opal fesitival 24-27 July 2008-02-16 Australian opal exhibition 31July to 1 August 2008-02-16 Coober Pedy Opal festival 22 March 2008 Remember when travelling in Australia to always have plenty water and spare parts and spare flat tyres and to inform people where you plan to head to ,especially in the Queensland outback as heat will kill you in less than a day ,but now half area is under floods after 18 years drought Hope this is helpful Regards Wayne www.opalplus.com If you’re planning a trip to the Opal fields of Australia, Len cram has just bought out new book in Jan 2008, which I think is ideal to help you plan and opal adventure with your travels to Australia
Book is titled
The Wonders Of Fossicking and Exploring The Australian opal Fields
This book covers all the opal fields and has maps so easy to follow.
Opal mining areas include by state
Queensland Opal fields
Kynuna
Opalaton
Mayside
Opalville
Little wonder
Hammond
Hayricks
Bull creek
Sheepyard creek
Duck creek
Blackgarte
Yowah
Koroit
Quilpie Eromanga
Jundah
Winton

South Australian Opal fields
Coober Pedy
Andamooka
Lambina
Mintabie

New South Wales
Lightning Ridge home of famous black opals
White Cliffs
Book also has section about opal facts and opal myths
Very interesting book available from True blue opals selling onwww.opalauctions.com
If your planning an opal trip best time to visit in winter autum months as summer is far to hot and dangerous in the dry Australian outback

Best time is when opal shows are on
Winton opal expo on 7-11 July 2009 this will be large opal expo with symposium

Coober Pedy opal gem show 11-12 July 2008

Lightning Ridge Black Opal fesitival 24-27 July 2008-02-16

Australian opal exhibition 31July to 1 August 2008-02-16

Coober Pedy Opal festival 22 March 2008
Remember when travelling in Australia to always have plenty water and spare parts and spare flat tyres and to inform people where you plan to head to ,especially in the Queensland outback as heat will kill you in less than a day ,but now half area is under floods after 18 years drought
Hope this is helpful
Regards
Wayne
www.opalplus.com

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