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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 11114343, member: 4654"]Well it looks like my inexperience with opals shows. Your browning/yellowing opal is because of 2 things 1) the opal wasn't very good quality and 2) because it got soaked through. I must admit my experience has been with very high quality opal and the price you paid seemed to me very cheap when you told me. I haven't found a solution as yet, I'll keep looking but I'm now informed this is a issue with low grade opal from Ethiopia. It was likely cut dry in the first place to avoid this happening before it was sold, I'm not sure but apparently signs of low grade opal after cutting is a dull like shine (un-glass like).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 11114343, member: 4654"]Well it looks like my inexperience with opals shows. Your browning/yellowing opal is because of 2 things 1) the opal wasn't very good quality and 2) because it got soaked through. I must admit my experience has been with very high quality opal and the price you paid seemed to me very cheap when you told me. I haven't found a solution as yet, I'll keep looking but I'm now informed this is a issue with low grade opal from Ethiopia. It was likely cut dry in the first place to avoid this happening before it was sold, I'm not sure but apparently signs of low grade opal after cutting is a dull like shine (un-glass like).[/QUOTE]
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