This piece carries understated blue play-of-colour across this rectangular boulder opal. Painterly abstract forms run through this stone - every angle reveals a different composition. The ironstone host brings the opal face forward with striking natural contrast. The stone weighs 25.83ct and is shaped to 25.36 × 15.62 x 5.94mm. Colour reads with an understated, refined quality - a stone with real character rather than showy fire. Fully natural and untreated - solid opal only, with no enhancements, no doublets, and no triplets. From the Winton region of Queensland, a heartland of boulder opal mining. Sourced, cut, and finished by our family - mine-direct from the earth to you. A substantial piece best suited to a large pendant, brooch, or collector's display.
About boulder Opal Boulder Opal is a variety of opal that has formed in the gaps and cracks in solid rock. The Boulder Opal from Australia is mostly found in Queensland and the rock is often ironstone and petrified wood. Boulder Opal can be black, white, light and crystal or a combination of them all making it very unique.
The top quality Boulder Opal is arguably the very best opal in the world. Offering superior clarity and colour play and layered patterns with the most vivid colour opal can produce. Authenticity Shipping Returns Our Guarantee We take great pride in our reputation. We go to great lengths to make sure what we list is correct and true in all aspects.
We use government-certified scales and measures that are audited every few months to guarantee the weights and sizes are correct. We do our very best to make sure all imagery is true to life and not over-enhanced to guarantee the opal colour is the same or better in person. We only supply untreated natural Australian Opals and gemstones, to guarantee the highest quality product.
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