Hunting a black Aussie Opal

[Pennyc]

Hello lovely PS'ers

I am hunting for a black Australian opal. I am still undecided on how it will be set as the main focus for me is the quality of the opal. I would rather have a .5ct that blows me away than a larger less colourful opal.

I have had a look at opal auctions I am based in Australia and surprisingly most sites I pull up are US market focused.

Has anyone purchased an opal recently that can recommend a seller ? I am even looking at preloved jewellery

Thanks so much

 

[Autumn in New England]

Hello there! Well you're certainly in the right part of the world to be hunting black opal. I purchased my lightning ridge stone from justopal.com. David was lovely to work with. Good luck!!

 

[yssie]

Mine are from Black Opal Direct (owned by Justin and Ruth) and M’s Opal World (the owner of M’s, Jordan, is a PSer - jordyonbass).

Can’t say enough good things about both. I’ll be going back for another really spectacular crystal in 2023.

Opal Auctions is… eBay for opals. Some honest sellers, lots of frauds. A few genuinely spectacular pieces, lots of edited-with-photoshop. I “won” three opals, one was very nice and the other two (all about the same price range) were outright misrepresented. With shops like BoD and M’s - you do pay a slight premium for their expertise but you’re guaranteed to get what you pay for. And with opals - there are no established independent authorities, there are no ubiquitously-accepted grading standards - buying from a trusted vendor is that much more critical!!

 

[Pennyc]

Hello there! Well you're certainly in the right part of the world to be hunting black opal. I purchased my lightning ridge stone from justopal.com. David was lovely to work with. Good luck!!

Thank you Will have a look at that site now.

Mine are from Black Opal Direct (owned by Justin and Ruth) and M’s Opal World (the owner of M’s, Jordan, is a PSer - jordyonbass).

Can’t say enough good things about both. I’ll be going back for another really spectacular crystal in 2023.

Opal Auctions is… eBay for opals. Some honest sellers, lots of frauds. A few genuinely spectacular pieces, lots of edited-with-photoshop. I “won” three opals, one was very nice and the other two (all about the same price range) were outright misrepresented. With shops like BoD and M’s - you do pay a slight premium for their expertise but you’re guaranteed to get what you pay for. And with opals - there are no established independent authorities, there are no ubiquitously-accepted grading standards - buying from a trusted vendor is that much more critical!!

Thank you M's is currently under maintenance but will take a look at black opal direct thank you

 

[T L]

Love Black Opal Direct YouTube videos.

 

[Garnetgirl]

I bought two opals from Black Opals Direct. I’m very pleased with both of them - they were what I expected after looking at the videos online. Service was excellent and delivery was fast.

 

[Pennyc]

Thanks I am enjoying watching the videos they are gorgeous