Crystal

This is the most common type of opal. It is found mainly in Coober Pedy, South Australia. Coober Pedy is known as the Opal Capital of the world, it is the world's largest opal field. There are two types of white opal, milky and crystal. Milky opal is opaque, with the colours visible on the surface only, where as crystal opal is transparent, the colors being visible from within the depths of the stone.

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Australia produces over 96% of the world's Opals; all of our Opals are sourced from mines in South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland.

Cut & Polish

At Lightning Ridge Opal Mines, we cut about 90% of the solid opal ourselves. We specialise in the cutting & polishing of the opal and we have specific local jewellers make the settings.

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