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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 11097116, member: 4654&quot;]Thank you. My opal horde has grown since that pic was taken, I found a strange economic twist in the opal market that even today I don&#039;t really understand why it exists. To cut a very long one short it&#039;s Australian opals Vs Ethiopian opals, both have equally brilliant opals but Ethiopian opals sell for a fraction of the cost, why? because the Australian opal industry have discredited Ethiopian opals with lies, a little independent research shows there are differences but 99% of the BS the Australian opal industry come out with has been widely debunked. So for that reason I&#039;m cutting (carving) Ethiopian opals from rough which makes them even less expensive, if those opals were Australian I would have had to sell my house to buy them whereas these cost me less than a half decent Anglo Indian box.</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep them ATM, my intention is to set them one day in jewellery. I don&#039;t think the glue will damage to box, if water dissolves the glue then there&#039;s a good chance it&#039;s hide glue, over decades this will become powdery but can be easily rehydrated with water. I don&#039;t know your intention? is it to remove the glue or to re stick the&nbsp; damage that the glue once stuck? If it&#039;s the second then a little water and heat should re melt the glue but it&#039;s tricky because the box is lacquered, I would leave well alone in both cases. BTW you show it off, it&#039;s a piece that we can all enjoy <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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