Buy Black Opal StonesBlack Opal stones For Sale Online Direct from black opal miners and wholesalers in Australia.
Opal miners search for this illusive gem in the deserts at lighting Ridge NSW where temperature can hit 50 degrees, so mining takes place during the winter months and many miners leave the Ridge and live in Melbourne, Sydney or the Gold Coast to escape the summer heat.This gem has grading system to help buyers. It is called the Body tone grading. Black opal stones have to be a N1 to n4 with N1 being the darkest black hues to N4 the lightest.Brightness is also graded from B1 to B7 with B1 the brightest and B7 the dullest with 3.5 average brightness.The Ridge also produces other opals that locals call semi black, fire opal or grey opal. These are classed as Dark opals with a body tone of N5 to N7.Today there is great demand for N1 black opal stones with gem colour of reds but production is low for these gem black opal stones that sell for thousands per carat.
N1 opals are now rare and many opal fields have been mined out so these stones are getting rarer and harder to find.To have good cabochon is also important and the miner needs to find nobby opals instead seam opal to get this thick colour bar
Pattern is also very important so the more unique the pattern the more the opal is worth. You can have two similar stones but one has an interesting pattern it can easily be double the price of the other stone. Top patterns are harlequin, Mackerel, Floral, Flag and broad pattern. Broadflash pattern is popular as in ring the fire colours will jump out.Our opals are natural untreated black opals but please be wary of black opals at cheap prices offered online and at markets as these are only smoked Ethiopian opals called black opal stones. Please enjoy viewing our range from the deserts of Australia.
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3.10Cts Black Opal ,Reptile skin N1 SU 539
¥2,000.00 -
BLACK OPAL FIRE .70CT L2034
¥45.00 -
CABOCHON BLACK OPAL FIRE .80CT L2040
¥22.00 -
BLACK OPAL FREE FORM .45CT L1969
¥138.00 -
BLACK OPAL FREE FORM 1.15CT L1970
¥195.00 -
BLACK OPAL FREE FORM .95CT L1974
¥288.00 -
BLACK OPAL FIRE 2.35CT L2028
¥270.00 -
BLACK OPAL FIRE .70CT L2031
¥33.00 -
BLACK OPAL FIRE 1.80CT L1949
¥283.00 -
BLACK OPAL FREE FORM 1.20CT L1951
¥219.00 -
BLACK OPAL FREE FORM .90CT L1958
¥139.00 -
BLACK OPAL FREE FORM 1.10CT L1961
¥173.00 -
BLACK OPAL FREE FORM .75CT L1964
¥86.00 -
BLACK OPAL FIRE 1.95CT L1947
¥219.00 -
RED GREEN PATTERN BLACK OPAL FIRE 1.55CT L1941
¥173.00 -
CABOCHON FREEFORM BLACK OPAL FIRE .85CT L1942
¥173.00 -
FREFORM RED FIRE BLACK OPAL FIRE 1.75CT L1943
¥201.00 -
BLACK OPAL FIRE 1.10CT L1945
¥173.00 -
BLACK OPAL FIRE 1.75CT L1946
¥220.00 -
BRIGHT GREEN BLACK OPAL FIRE .45CT L1915
¥104.00 -
BLACK OPAL FIRE 2.10CT L1929
¥390.00 -
DEEP FREEFORM BLACK OPAL FIRE 2.70CT L1936
¥224.00 -
BLACK OPAL FIRE 2.10CT L1938
¥214.00 -
BLUE GREEN MAUVE BLACK OPAL FIRE 1.65CT L1939
¥214.00