Types Of Opal Rings

Most of this type of opal comes from the opal fields in queensland where there is a huge belt that spreads thousands of kilometers where this type of opal is produced.

Types of opal rings.

Most white opal have muted pastel colors. This is because black opal amplifies the colors with the contrasting dark background. Understanding opal starts with understanding the basic types of opal found. Walnut sized concretions in a regular layer like a conglomerate.

Australia produces various types of opals. Boulder opal is opal that has formed along with another rock called ironstone. The material is cut and polished with the opal material still attached to the parent material e g. When the parent stone is visible alongside the opal as in the pendant shown here it is called boulder matrix opal.

Boulder opal is similar to black opal except that the foreground colour is very thin and sits on a brown ironstone base. Thin to thick seams of white or black. Shells of coarse hardened sandy clay with layers of opal in between. These types of opal can come with interesting hills and valleys on the surface.

Meaning that the surface is often but not always undulating people who are more progressive in their jewellery tastes prefer these stones. Solid opal type 1 opal solid opal is a name used for a rough or cut stone that consists entirely of opal material without any host rock or other significant inclusions contained within the stone. Types of australian opal. The opal is the central kernel and never reaches the outer edge.

Solid opal is also known as type 1 opal. In this video justin will take you through the four main australian opal types as well as a newly discovered one not yet gone mainstream. Solid opal can be a combination of precious opal and common opal.