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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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  AUSTRAL... $36.00 USD

	12.65 CTS ROUGH FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE - [BR1975] 22.5 x 17 x 8mm SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$22.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	LIGHTNING RIDGE ROUGH [ JR 75] 1.29 CTS sedaopals	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$69.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	GREEN ROUGH [FR303] 4.34CTS sedaopals	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$201.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL ROUGH L.RIDGE 42.5CTS A8292 (TBO) trueblueopals	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$84.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	CLEAN RUB FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 4.9 CTS-N5 - [BR991] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$46.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK UNTOUCHED SEAM ROUGH - GAMBLE 73.09 CTS [BR1545 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$32.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL VIRGIN ROUGH GAMBLE 33.5 CARATS JO 1752 30 x 29 x 9mm opalplus	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$40.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL ROUGH 1.75 CTS SFJ 809 (FO-TBO) FOSSIL OPALS	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$67.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	SEMI BLACK CRYSTAL ROUGH OPAL PARCEL LIGHTNING RIDGE 275 CTS 42 x 24 x 12mm AUSTRALIANROUGHOPAL	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$46.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	LIGHTNING RIDGE RUB 2.26 CTS N3 [R48] 10 x 7 x 6mm PETESOPAL	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$39.99 USD View / Buy This Item
	RUB FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 7.07 CTS-N5 - [BR1486 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$44.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	(TBO) OPAL L. RIDGE ROUGH 150cts FJ1635 trueblueopals	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$7.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	ROUGH OPAL FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 3.65 CTS [FR 364] 14 x 12 x 3mm sedaopals	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$23.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	LIGHTNING RIDGE ROUGH [ FR307 ] 2.95 CTS sedaopals	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$32.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	GEM CRYSTAL FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 5.50 CTS [BR1401] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$75.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	MUSEUM GRADE '"CHINESE HAT "SPECIMEN 650 CTS FJP3038 SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 12 hours 50 minutes	$450.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	3.10 CTS ROUGH OPAL FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE [MS3096] 14 x 9 x 4mm sedaopals	- 12 hours 55 minutes	$14.99 USD View / Buy This Item
	RUB FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 21.99 CTS-N4 - [BR1476 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 12 hours 55 minutes	$92.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	LIGHTNING RIDGE ROUGH [ JR 65 ] .86 CTS sedaopals	- 12 hours 55 minutes	$25.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	COMMERCIAL RUBS [JR73 ] 3.03 CTS sedaopals	- 13 hours	$34.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	ROUGH OPAL FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 2.50 CTS [FR 365] 14 x 10 x 2mm sedaopals	- 13 hours	$21.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	BLACK OPAL ROUGH 4.55 CTS SFJ 815 (FO-TBO) FOSSIL OPALS	- 13 hours 5 minutes	$49.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	1.30 CTS ROUGH OPAL FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE [MS3101] 8 x 6 x 4mm sedaopals	- 13 hours 5 minutes	$8.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	ROUGH OPAL FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 2.40 CTS [FR 369] 12 x 8 x 3mm sedaopals	- 13 hours 5 minutes	$21.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	LIGHTNING RIDGE ROUGH [ JR 85 ] 3.14 CTS sedaopals	- 13 hours 10 minutes	$23.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	CLEAN RUB FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 1.25 CTS-N5 - [BR988] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 13 hours 15 minutes	$39.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	13.75 CTS ROUGH FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE - [BR1977] 21 x 20 x 5.5mm SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 13 hours 15 minutes	$18.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	GEM CRYSTAL FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 5.40 CTS [BR1402] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	- 13 hours 15 minutes	$86.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	CHINAMAN HAT OPAL SPECIMEN 56 CARATS R 1758 opalplus	- 13 hours 20 minutes	$12.00 USD View / Buy This Item
	PARCEL OF RUBS [RP136 ] 1.82 CTS sedaopals	- 13 hours 30 minutes	$29.00 USD View / Buy This Item
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