Custom Jewellery orders.
We are now offering custom jewellery making as a service. If you are interested in having a piece of jewellery made from any available opals on our website, feel free to get in contact via email, Instagram or mobile with the desired opal/s and a few design ideas you are interested in. Once we agree on a design for your jewellery, and you have purchased the opal by way of deposit, we will begin making your dream piece!
Please note custom completion time is around 2 to 4 weeks.
Types of opal and pricing guide.
Generally speaking when it comes to Australian opal, there are 5 types.
The world-famous Black Opal, Queensland Boulder Opal, White opal, Dark (or ‘semi black’) opal and Crystal opal. These names are all relatively self-explanatory and refer to the body tone colour of the opal.
Black Opal tends to be the most expensive as it produces the best and brightest play of colour. But really the price can vary greatly depending on various qualities of the opal.
The pricing of opal is a multi-faceted process. Generally speaking, opal is priced based on what type it is, combined with the brightness (brightness is on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the brightest) of the colour, what colour it is displaying (red is the rarest, which means it fetches a higher value), its size and carat weight (there are 5 carats in 1 gram or, 1 carat is 0.2 of a gram) and whether there are structural or visible inclusion or irregularities in the opal. It does get more complicated than that when discussing types of colour patterns, of which there are many, and the rarity of these patterns.
A note on doublets and triplets.
Some customers ask us about doublet and triplet opals. A doublet is a very thin piece of genuine opal that has been glued onto a synthetic or natural surface, and a triplet is the same but with a glass or clear quartz dome glued on top (hence triplet, three layers) for added colour effect.
None of our opals are doublets or triplets. We do not recommend them, nor make them, for quality and longevity reasons. All our opals are %100 solid Australian opal, meaning there is no glue, resins or adhesives involved.
They are as they were when dug up from the earth.
Wholesale trade prices and refunds.
Our prices are already below market retail value however if you are a jeweller, collector or have a case of opal fever we do offer wholesale pricing for bulk purchases. Please do not hesitate to get in contact with us if this is of interest to you.
We do offer refunds within a 2 week period of you having received your opal. However opal can be easily damaged. So if it is longer then 2 weeks, we would still consider giving a refund however we will request detailed photo evidence of the condition of the opal before we agree to a refund.
A return address will be provided upon refund request.
Please see our terms and conditions for more detail on our return policy.
Be careful with your opal!
Opal is around the same hardness as glass, so it is important you take care of your opal. If it is dropped or banged against something it may wellcrack and fracture. I strongly advise against wearing opal jewellery whilst,cleaning, building anything/doing manual labour or intense exercise.