This is a parcel  of rough from the Koriot opal field.This field is 5 hours north of Lightning ridge and it is  in Queensland.It is known for its chocolate iron stone with precious opal embedded in it.This material takes a great polish and is easy to get a high gloss on.This parcel has good colour in it with intruiging patterns making it fun to cut.

The photo is taken with the stone wet.

natural untreated

Total weight 370.00 cts app

Size of largest  piece. 55  x 32  x 12 mm app

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At present there are very few full time miners here as open cut mining is expensive but smaller part time miners work here and manage to find some material which isnt to deep.