Black opal rough « Rough Opal

February 2, 2010

Check out opal rough on auction today!

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Lots of opal rough are offered at auction every day from: opalauctions.com.

Here are the latest samples of black opal rough on auction:

BLACK ROUGH RUBBED BY MINER N2 26.70 CARATS JO 86 opalplus	50.00	-	-	1 minute 53 seconds
BLACK ROUGH RUBBED BY MINER N2 2.30 CARATS JO 87 opalplus	25.00	-	-	1 minute 53 seconds
BLACK ROUGH RUBBED BY MINER N2 8.25 CARATS JO 89 opalplus	50.00	-	-	1 minute 53 seconds
BLACK ROUGH RUBBED BY MINER N2 2.90 CARATS JO 90 opalplus	30.00	-	-	1 minute 53 seconds
BLACK ROUGH RUBBED BY MINER N2 3.80 CARATS JO 94 opalplus	15.00	-	-	1 minute 53 seconds

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January 25, 2010

See video of opal rough

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The video below was posted by someone at Youtube who offered it for sale on Ebay, and it’s not available there anymore. (Check out our opal auctions!)

It’s interesting to watch the beautiful play of color on these opals. If you have friends who don’t know what opals really look like or what play of color is, show them this video.

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January 18, 2010

How to cut opal rough

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Okay, you’ve purchased a lot of black opal rough… now what do you do with it?

Watch this video to find out.

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December 3, 2009

Take a look at rough opal on auction today

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Take a look at the black opal rough available at auction today.

BLACK ROUGH RUBBED BY MINER N2 3.35 CARATS JO 85 opalplus	35.00	-	-	3 hours 23 minutes
BLACK OPAL ROUGH (PARCEL) 32.45 CTS FJ 14094 (FO-TB) FOSSIL OPALS	12.00	-	32.45	3 hours 28 minutes
UNTOUCHED QUALITY FIREY BLACK OPAL ROUGH 9.87 cts HomereOpal	19.95	-	9.87	3 hours 28 minutes
BLACK ROUGH DEAL FROM MINER 9.50CARATS R848 opalplus	150.00	-	-	3 hours 28 minutes

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November 23, 2009

How to Cut Opal

Filed under: Black opal rough — Tags: cutting gemstones, polishing rocks, rock tumbler — admin @ 12:27 pm

One of the fun things about collecting gemstones is to be able to cut and or/polish the stones yourself.

To that end, there are a variety of instruments one can purchase.

Readers of this blog in America can purchase a rock tumbler from Amazon.com:

and if you want to learn how to cut opals and other gemstones, there are of course a few books on the subject:

Amazon.com UK also has a variety of products for sale: Rock tumbler and other material.

And of course, such material can be purchased at your local gemstone store, or via the various gemstone magazines.

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November 19, 2009

Black opal rough on auction

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Below is a sample of black opal rough on auction at http://www.opalauctions.com

PRE SHAPED RUB [CUTTER] LIGHTING RIDGE 8.5 CTS [BR907] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	44.00	-	8.5	10 hours 48 minutes
PRE SHAPED RUB [CUTTER] LIGHTING RIDGE 6.4 CTS [BR909 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	18.00	-	6.4	10 hours 48 minutes
PRE SHAPED RUB [CUTTER] LIGHTING RIDGE 4.7 CTS [BR912 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	29.99	-	4.7	10 hours 48 minutes
BLACK OPAL ROUGH 3.1 CTS SFJ 1060 (DTO-TBO) dreamtimeopals	30.00	-	3.10	10 hours 48 minutes

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November 9, 2009

Black Opal Rough At Auction Right Now

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Below are a few samples of black opal rough available at auction right now.

Because these auctions end on a regular basis, each individual lot isn’t linked. If you want to see what else is available, follow the link at the top of the page.

UNTOUCHED ROUGH CRYSTAL NOBBY FROM RIDGE 3.6 CTS[BR614] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	14.00	-	-	10 hours 35 minutes
opalplus	50.00	-	-	10 hours 35 minutes
VIRGIN CHIPPED BRIGHT ROUGH 6.65 CARATS JO28 opalplus	35.00	-	-	10 hours 35 minutes
VIRGIN CRYSTAL ROUGH 23.7CARATS JO27 opalplus	30.00	-	-	10 hours 35 minutes

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November 2, 2009

Black opal rough on auction

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Black opal rough available on auction now include:

(SO) GAMBLE NOBBY ROUGH 7 CTS FJP 2595 sedaopals	40.00	-	4 hours 42 minutes
BLACK OPAL RUB L.RIDGE 4 CTS FJ 9606 (FO-TBO) FOSSIL OPALS	7.00	-	4 hours 45 minutes
(TBO) OPAL ROUGH L.RIDGE 14.00CTS FJ 1091 trueblueopals	14.00	-	4 hours 45 minutes
(TBO) OPAL ROUGH L.RIDGE 16.00CTS FJ1065 trueblueopals	32.00	-	4 hours 45 minutes
(TBO) OPAL ROUGH L.RIDGE 28.00CTS FJ 1057 trueblueopals	28.00	-	4 hours 45 minutes
(TBO) OPAL ROUGH L.RIDGE 25.50CTS FJ 1058 trueblueopals	25.00	-	4 hours 45 minutes
BLACK OPAL RUB L.RIDGE 9 CTS FJ 9595 (FO-TBO) FOSSIL OPALS	99.00	-	4 hours 45 minutes
(TBO) OPAL SOLID L. RIDGE RUB 5.50 CTS FJ 162 trueblueopals	89.99	-	4 hours 45 minutes
(TBO) OPAL SOLID L. RIDGE RUB 29 CTS A 7959 trueblueopals	1,500.00	-	4 hours 45 minutes
ROUGH FACED FROM LIGHTNING RIDGE 13.4 CTS [BR318 ] SEDA ROUGH OPALS	21.99	-	4 hours 45 minutes

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October 28, 2009

Black opal rough available now

Filed under: Black opal rough — Tags: Black opal rough — admin @ 2:34 am

If you’re looking for black opal rough, here are descriptions of just a few lots being offered at opalauctions.com (which visitors can buy now if they choose).