Black
opal is the rarest and most valuable type of opal. Black
opal is generally found as an opal bar (or bars) of various colours
forming natural water horizontals in dark grey to black opal 'potch
nobbies' or 'opal nodules'. The unique patterns in black opal are
as complex as an artist's imagination
Few realize that 99.9% of the world's opal supply of this radiant,
dark, lustrous gem is mined at only two pinpoints on the globe--
the Australian towns of Lightning Ridge in New South Wales (the
black opal capital) and Mintabie in South Australia (Home of Mintabie
black opal)
At the Opal Exchange, we
are a major supplier of quality black opal. We offer parcels of
rough or cut stone as well as high quality individual gems. We
can offer fantastic savings on these opals as we make regular
trips to the opal fields in Lightning Ridge where we source our
stones.
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In order to see more opals and to make some great opal bargains
in black opal, white opal, boulder opal, and rough opal please
check out the OpalShop web-site.
Black
opal is the rarest and most valuable type of opal. Black
opal is generally found as an opal bar (or bars) of various colours
forming natural water horizontals in dark grey to black opal 'potch
nobbies' or 'opal nodules'. The unique patterns in black opal are
as complex as an artist's imagination 