Black opal can be very expensive, only low grade black opal is sold by kilo weight. This low grade is called potch and colour which means that maybe bit of colour might be in this rough black opal I have seen parcels sold for $200 per kilo but it has no colour. Good kilo bucket of rough black opal would cost around $5,000 .00 Black opal is rated by body tone N1 for deep black colour, and N4 for light black colour. So for $5000 per kilo, dont expect N1 body tone. Black opal is sold by carat, and rare patterns are worth $5,000 to $20,000 per carat; especially red fire harlequin pattern n1 body tone, and over brighness rating of 4.
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No. When opals were first found in Australia, they were not thought to be opals because they were a milky white in appearance. Opals found elsewhere in the world were mostly black.
Opals are amorphous because they have no definitve shape. As an example, quartz has a specific crystal shape. Opals can be any shape.
Nobody MADE opals. They're mined out of the ground.
Opals cannot be used as foods. They are hard, precious stones.
Neither opals or any other gemstone will make you invisible.
Some opals are known as black opals, this is when they have a mainly black colour. In general a black opal is very dark blue and has flecks of other colours within
Three different types of Opal are found in Australia:Fire Opals are mined in South Australia near Coober Pedy.Black Opals are mined in New South Wales near Lightning Ridge.Boulder Opals are mined in the western Queensland.
No they do not shrink.
Opals in Queensland are mined at Yowah, just outside of Quilpie in the far west of the state.
Yes. Coober Pedy is still a major producer of opals.
Australia is known for its opals. Australia produces around 95% of the world's opals.
The value of opals varies wildly as the play of color (fire) varies wildly. Opals do not have a fixed value such as gold and silver and the value is open to debate between the buyer and seller. Generally speaking.....if the opals are uncut and of moderate fire - they will not be very valuable.