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Famous Opals
> The Andamooka Opal (The Queen's Opal)
> Aurora Australis
> The Black Prince
> The Butterfly Stone
> The Flame Queen
> Halley's Comet
> Jupiter Five
> Olympic Australis
> Pride of Australia
> The Virgin Rainbow
Buying Guide for Opals
> Opal Store USA
> Birthstone for October (modern); alternate for June
> Care for Opals
> Cutting Opals
> Opal Store Amazon USA
> Opal shop Australia
> Glossary of Terms
> Investing in Opals - The Value of Opals as an Investment
> Lapidary Information
> Buy Opals Australia
History of Opals and Opal Mining
> Australian Museum National Opal Collection
> Australian Museum researches opalised fossil
> Fossicking in NSW
> Fossils, opalised fossils, sea snails and shells
> Legendary Opal Miners
> Opal Legends
> Opal Mines
> Mining Opals in Wyoming USA
> Opal Links
Types of Opal
> Black Opal
> Boulder Opal
> Crystal Opal
> Fire Opal
> Matrix Opal
> White Opal
> Yowah Nuts
> Opal Doublets
> Opal Triplets
> Opal Jewelry
Australian Opal Mines
> Andamooka Mines, SA
> Coober Pedy, SA
> Lightning Ridge, NSW
> Mintabie or Mintabee, SA
> Opalton, Qld
> Quilpie, Qld
> White Cliffs, NSW
> Winton, Qld
> Yowah, Qld
Gem & Jewelry Pocket Guide:
A Traveler's Guide to Buying Diamonds, Colored Gems, Pearls, Gold and Platinum Jewelry
by Renee Newman
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Famous Opals
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Stop Press! Stop Press! Stop Press!
The famous Virgin
Rainbow Black Opal is for sale here!
"Halley's Comet"
"Halley's Comet", is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest uncut black opal.
The massive stone was found by a group of opal miners on the Leaning Tree Claim at Lightning Ridge known as The Lunatic Hill Syndicate.
Halley's Comet
(photo and info courtesy of Opals Guaranteed)
It weighs 1982.5 carats and measures 100 x 66 x 63 mm, or 4 x 2-5/8 x 2-1/2 in. Halley's Comet was for sale in 2005 for AUD$1.2 million.
The gem has a thick gem quality green and green/orange colour bar and is the largest gem nobby to be found at Lightning Ridge to date.
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Jewelry Information Magazine
Jewelry Store
Gioie - Italian Jewels Online
Gillett's Jewellers for Australian Opals
Famous Large Diamonds
Famous Gemstones
Famous Gold Nuggets
The Crown Jewels
Wedding Anniversary Gemstones
Birthstones
Jewelry - Glossary of Terms
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