Opal Australia

95% of all opals are found in Australia, consequently, they are called Australian Opals. Over 100 million years ago Central Australia was covered by an inland sea and sediment saturated with silica surrounded the shoreline. Who would have guessed it would form the stunning gemstone opals we see today?

After the sea receded to become the Artesian basin, natural conditions released the silica into cracks in rocks, layers in the clay, and fossils.

Gemstone opal formed in those cracks, making this gemstone one of the few to form in sedimentary rock. Even today, opal contains 6-10 percent water, leftovers from that sea from which it was created.

Black opals have the most striking colors and are more valuable than crystal white opal. How the opal is cut and how the light is refracted determines how many colors will be seen in the opal.

Opal Australia, Mexican Fire Opals, Boulder Opals, and Crystal Opals are just a few of the magnificent varieties of opals.

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