Gorgeous new Opal!!! Australian black! Lightning Ridge!

[shaunrice]

Here is the opal I bought from Aussie Treasures, an Ebay store. Thought I'd start with an affordable stone, and this one is gorgeous! Pictures don't do it justice. Great red coloring, and really nice polish on a nice size stone.

 

[shaunrice]

Here is another one...

 

[shaunrice]

Going outside next for some more pictures...

 

[MonkeyPie]

Pretty! I love opals

 

[shaunrice]

Here is another one

 

[shaunrice]

ooh, pretty! LOL

 

[shaunrice]

last one for now

 

[T L]

Pretty, what are your plans for it?

 

[FrekeChild]

Very cool!!!

 

[shaunrice]

I bought this to give this Ebay''er a shot. And I have to say this is a solid piece of opal with better coloring than pictured. So, no plans for this particular stone. I intend to buy another, more expensive stone for a ring.

 

[icekid]

opals are so cool! It looks like the colors are great. Nice find!

 

[mercoledi]

Pretty! I''ve thumbed through their site a bit too! The red flash looks really nice.

Would you be willing to add your pictures and the ebay picture(s) to the vendor v. PSer picture thread?

 

[shaunrice]

given how nice this opal turned out, i ordered another slightly more expensive stone, with better color. will post when it comes!