Featured my Opals......I think !!

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by komokwa, Dec 21, 2017.

  1. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    bought off ebay years ago.....cuz the guy had good pics ...too good.....but they do flash a lot of color...
    sorry for the crappy pics but they shine so bright it confuses the camera lens ..:playful::playful::playful:

    There seems to be one thick layer of backing.....of an unknown material... IMG_3365.JPG IMG_3366.JPG IMG_3367.JPG IMG_3371.JPG
     
  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    They look like doublets and not black opals.
     
  3. bobsyouruncle

    bobsyouruncle Well-Known Member

    ? can't they be doublets and still black opal top..trying to learn ..thanks
     
  4. Miscstuff

    Miscstuff Sometimesgetsitright

    You need to re-do that last photo. Looks like a doublet and could be low-medium grade black opals or reasonably good Coober Pedy stones.
     
  5. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Black opals have a natural black,gray,dark green,dark blue base and are solid opals.Doublets and triplets are glued together stones with a dark colored base or black epoxy.
     
  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    sorry...
     
  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Agree, they look like doublets. Here is that picture again;):

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    Black opals have a dark ground colour, dark blue or black. These look lighter in these pics. Maybe if you photograph them on a white piece of paper with less light?
     
  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    ok...so doublets....then what kind of opals might they be?
     
  9. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Australian crystal/semi-crystal doublets possibly,but the photos are not clear enough to say more.
     
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  10. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Is there a difference between black opals and fire opals?
     
  11. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

  12. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    HOLY @#%$&*!!!!!! PRICEY BEAUTIFUL LIL' DIVILS, aren't they!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least that Ethiopian Welo one is!!!!!!:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::hilarious::hilarious::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
     
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  13. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    More photos? White background, less light? Please?:)
     
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  14. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    workin on it......
     
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  15. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    best i can get....

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  16. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Looks like "ironstone matrix" glued to the opal top.
     
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  17. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    looks like tootsie roll thats gone thru a ferret.....
    but both opals still throw fire...
     
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  18. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    What about the opals? You asked what kind they might be. We already know they are doublets, but I thought you were asking about the name of the colour and the pattern:
     
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  19. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I am.
    Holly made a suggestion...
    As you can see they were bought as Aussie Blacks....but don;t seem to be...
     
  20. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    No they don't. They are too light to be black.
    But that doesn't mean they are not nice, looks like they are. I think even as doublets they deserve a better look. Doublets are not worthless, just not worth as much as solid opals.
    I have a collection of opal jewellery, but only one black opal, a harlequin black.
    My set of Aussie white pinfire opal and gold jewellery has a nice value. So has my favourite opal ring, set with three genuine Kalimaya opals and Ceylon sapphires. Real Kalimaya opals are rare, most that are sold as Kalimaya are treated Welo opals. Mine have a creamy yellowish ground, not the highly desired tar black, but since they are the real deal and good quality, they also represent a nice value.
    What I mean is, opals don't have to be black to be nice.
     
    Last edited: Dec 25, 2017
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