Opal Stone – Natural, Cabochon, Blue
Opal ring with bezel setting. Photo © Joel E. Arem, PhD, FGA. Used with permission.
Opal ring with bezel setting. Photo © Joel E. Arem, PhD, FGA. Used with permission.
Jewelry with a black opal stone, 31.8 cts. Photo © Joel E. Arem, PhD, FGA. Used with permission.
This sterling silver pendant features a Peruvian picture opal that looks like a satellite photo of actual terrain. Photo courtesy of liveauctioneers.com…
2.25-ct black opal with a harlequin pattern. Photo courtesy of liveauctioneers.com and Simrit Collections.
A colorless water opal from Jalisco, Mexico with a dazzling lloviznando (Spanish for “drizzling”) play of color. Round brilliant, 1.67 cts,…
Opal ring. Photo © Joel E. Arem, PhD, FGA. Used with permission.
Carved white opals, around 2 cts and 1½ inches. Photo © Joel E. Arem, PhD, FGA. Used with permission.
Yowah nuts are walnut-sized stone concretions with opal in their centers. A split Yowah nut, “Lagoon,” Queensland, Australia. Photo courtesy…
The top of this Flag Harlequin Opal has good, even color play with compartments of rolling flash type ribbons of color, some of which are rainbowlike,…