The Official Gem Stone of Australia
"Opal is the stone of inspiration which enhances imagination and creativity due to its ability to help ideas flow freely."

Boulder Opal

Opal is an amazing and beautiful stone. From all the hundreds of gems from  mother nature nothing matches the unique beauty of Opal.
Opal is made form Silica, a common mineral that is also found in glass and Quartz. In some areas of Australia weather conditions transformed simple silica into a liquid. This liquid flowed down from the surface through the soil and settled in small crevasses beneath the earth surface. Science has yet to explain how, but when the Silica became settled in these crevasses its molecules started to evolve and over thousands of years it changed from Silica into Opal.
 
 
In Queensland, the majority of opal is found in crevasses in Boulders of Iron stone and Sand Stone, some of these boulders are the size of walnuts others can be the size of car. Some crevasses were created as a result of decaying floral and farina. The silica settled into these crevasses then slowly turned from a liquid into Gel form and then finally into a solid Opal. Solid Opal has a similar hardness to glass.
 

Only a small percentage of Opal which is mined, is considered of high enough quality to be set into jewelllery, Color Flash or Opal Fire are two terms that are used to describe the magic colour of Opal. The quality of color can mean the difference of tens of thousand of dollars.

Just as important to the price of Opal is the pattern on the stone, some patterns are so rare that they can easily double the price of the stone.

In Boulder Opal every polished stone will have its own unique identity due to its pattern.

A famous opal miner expression is “opal is where you find it”. It seems no matter if you’re a Geologist, an experienced opal miner, or relying on a trusty divining rod.

Finding thousands of boulders does not mean you will find opal in any. If you are lucky, and open a boulder and discover fine opal gem, then appreciate and respect it. For it might be many, many years before you find some more.

So why is it that out of many gemstones the Opal was chosen to be called 'precious' not diamond, ruby, emerald of sapphire but the Opal stone. The ancients who decided such things would not be clouded by commercial properganda but to put it simply... telling-it-like-it-is. Giving the Opal stone the one and only title of 'precious stone'.
“Opal is only unlucky if you do not have one”

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