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About Black Opal Rough

Black  opal rough ,most opal sellers take picture of the rough black opal dipped in water so the image will expose the colours of the stone as if it was polished. Buyer will receive the opal rough in a dry condition.

Black opal rough is hard to find now as many black opal mine s have closed and many are finding semi black grey rough or crystal opal rough

10 years ago production was high in Cochran opal fields or Glengarry, Shipyards but production is down now as not many new leases have been opened by the mines department. The Cochran opal field had good reputation for knobby opals as these opal rocks sometimes produced gem black opals of high grade and body tone of N1 which is rare to find in the opal fields of today.

Download free screensaver titled Hidden Treasures From Black Opal rough which shows a rough nobby as it is worked and cut to the three finished gem opal stones .

.the opal miner can be seen working his opal mine and cutting and polishing these opals.

All opal cutters dream of just once in their lifetimes of finding such a gem opal in parcel of rough virgin opal.

Generally opal rough is sold by Ounce or grams and rare to find parcel now that hasn’t been sniped by miner as chance of letting a valuable opal go in a parcel, Virgin opal rough parcels are harder to find and there is a chance in virgin parcel of opal rough that you will find a gem fire black opal Black opal beads can be made from black opal rough but it is hard to obtain colour all around the opal unless it is crystal opal.

Good black opal rough opal parcels should only be cut by Opal professionals as the chance of new opal cutter rubbing good  opal colour away is high. we suggest new opal  cutters get good lapidary equipment and practise on smaller parcels before cutting good opal rough .Source your black rough singe opals direct from opal miners and opal wholesalers and dealers for your single rough gem opal from lightning ridge Australia.

The Lightning Ridge opal show, home of the black opal Australian opal  is held every august with every second year a jewellery competition and are building a Opal and Fossil Centre Only a few black opal mines are open cut as very expensive most miners are worked by teams in traditional methods but with vacuum blowers agitators and jack hammers. Old opal fields have been worked out like in Cochran and Glengarry but there’s are still miners looking for opal pockets of that elusive black opal gem!

Most opal miners will exchange rough opal if buyer is not satisfied with parcel but if buyer snips or works and opal the parcel is yours and cannot be returned.

Opal miners ,opal suppliers and opal wholesalers offer rough opal direct from opal mine or opal cutters factory but opal mines stop work before Christmass and some in November as temperature is too hot and working conditions are hot and dusty, some opal miners do not start work till April so always plan ahead if you need opal rough to cut and polish>black potch is good to trial to see how good your polish is before cabbing good quality black rough Nobbys. Black potch is also ideal to polish for making doublet or triplet bases a s potch is the bedrock that opals forms on. Potch can also be grey colour with grey back banded patterns in the rough Australia opal suppliers have had years of experience in cutting black opal rough so always ask question if not sure how to cut and polish

Black Opal Rough

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  *ona* Large Natura...
  Opals-N... $237.50 USD

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  Red Fire Black Rou...
  opalplu... $125.00 USD

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  Rough From Lightni...
  sedaopa... $15.99 USD

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  Large Untouched Qu...
  HomereO... $620.00 USD

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  Nice Rub Cabochon ...
  AUSTRAL... $36.00 USD

	QUALITY PRESHAPED RUB FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 9.8 CTS [BR105 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 12 minutes	$57.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL ROUGH 250 CTS *DTO* DT-278 48 x 28 x 6mm dreamtimeopals	- 10 hours 17 minutes	$150.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	RUB FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 5.59 CTS-N4/5 - [BR1452 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 22 minutes	$34.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL ROUGH 76.35 CTS CARVE / DREMEL AUSTRALIANROUGHOPAL	- 10 hours 32 minutes	$44.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL ROUGH 73.35 CTS CARVE / DREMEL AUSTRALIANROUGHOPAL	- 10 hours 32 minutes	$32.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL COLOR FULL RUB 8.95 CTS PASTEL LARGE PIECE 25 x 9 x 4mm AUSTRALIANROUGHOPAL	- 10 hours 37 minutes	$69.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	ROUGH FACED OPAL FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 2.8 CTS [BR434 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 47 minutes	$57.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	MINERS RUBBED BLACK OPAL GEEN FIRE RUB 7.15 CTS JO 443 opalplus	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$52.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	'GAMBLE' UNTOUCHED SEAM ROUGH - 11.35 CTS [BR1918] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$28.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	RUB FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 16.64 CTS-N4 - [BR1605 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$44.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	RUB FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 5.30 CTS-N5 - [BR1329 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$34.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	UNTOUCHED ROUGH CRYSTAL NOBBY FROM RIDGE 6.4 CTS[BR604] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$9.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	YowahRough 28.80Cts- Black opal ROUGH from the Ridge. 21.20 x 14.90mm YowahRough	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$5.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	WHOLESALE OPAL ROUGH L RIDGE 600 GRAMS AB-11(TBO) trueblueopals	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$600.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK ROUGH OPAL 13.20 CTS QOM 238 23 x 18 x 5mm Queen Of Gems	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$58.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	CRYSTAL ROUGH [FR283 ] 25.00 CTS FROM SEDA OPALS sedaopals	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$30.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	OPAL ROUGH L RIDGE LARGE PC 125 CTS DT-325 dreamtimeopals	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$65.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	(TBO) OPAL SOLID L. RIDGE RUB 1.30CTS FJ1613 trueblueopals	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$22.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	UNTOUCHED ROUGH FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 11.8 CTS [BR381 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$23.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL ROUGH L. RIDGE 32.5 CTS dreamtimeopals	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$260.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	PRE SHAPED RUB [CUTTER] LIGHTING RIDGE 3.1 CTS [BR682 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$17.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL COLOR FULL RUB 0.90 CTS GREEN FLASH 11 x 5 x 1mm AUSTRALIANROUGHOPAL	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$29.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL ROUGH VIRGIN PARCEL 3000 CTS DT-AL1 (DTO-TBO) dreamtimeopals	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$400.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	12.35 CTS ROUGH FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE - [BR1973] 27 x 17 x 8mm SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$119.99 USD View / Buy This Item
	SOLID ROUGH [SR13] 6.85CTS sedaopals	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$34.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	PRE SHAPED RUB [CUTTER] LIGHTING RIDGE 3.8 CTS [BR1195 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$15.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	QUALITY PRESHAPED RUB FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 3.7 CTS [BR013 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$37.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	SOLID OPAL RUB L.RIDGE 3.70 CTS FJ 14652 (TBO-S) FOSSIL OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$350.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	ROUGH FACED FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 5.7 CTS [BR107 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$23.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	'GAMBLE' UNTOUCHED SEAM ROUGH - 21.90 CTS [BR1917] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 10 hours 52 minutes	$23.00 USD View / Buy This Item
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