Boulder Opal Wood Fossils 999 items

Opalized fossils include vegetation or wood from Boulder opal Fields.

This covers a huge area in central Queensland known a s the Winton Formation.

But still it is only small pockets of boulder opal that is termed in the trade as Boulder opal wood fossils,also known as wood replacement opal, fossil opal, fossilized wood opal or Lithoxyl opal where the structure of tree is obvious

It can be more than just wood, as other small vegetation would also be fossilized but it is more rare to have any opal colour.It is also the fragments of wood or vegetation that can be seen in these specimens that make them very attractive

The Cathedral pattern is considered one of the rarest patterns and the advantage is that wood may also be in different colours from brown to bone or ivory colour

Most of the potch is very sandy light brown and not dark rich colour.

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Further Reading

• How To Cut And Polish Boulder Opal
• Boulder Opal Information
• How To Split Boulder Opal
• Australian Boulder Opal Rough Chart