Opals are one of the most beautiful gemstones and each piece is unique, distinctive and personal. Each opal stone is unique and has wide range of patterns with flashes of colours. Opals in Australia are used by high-end jewellery stores to create finest jewellery collections and most of these pieces are quite expensive. These stones are most popular and sought after by fashionable stores.
Opals stones are quite complicated. There are many types of opals available in the market. You should consider several factors like type, size, colour, pattern and brilliance while considering the stone for opal jewellery as there are many fake varieties in the market.
Opals contain gorgeous play of colours with beautiful patterns, these patterns change when you rotate the opal. If the colours are bright and significant in an opal, then the stone is costlier. Red is rarest and expensive variety while blue and violet are more common.
The three grading of opals include:
- Dull: This is the cheapest variety of opal which is milky in appearance and hardly has any shine.
- Bright: This opal is brighter than dull but not as the brilliant variety.
- Brilliant: This variety of opals is brightest and most expensive of all opals. It is known for its flashing and bright colours.
Patterns like colour play a major role in the cost of the stone. Larger patterns grab more cost and bring along dead spots with them. These spots which do not allow play of colours reduce the cost of the stone if present in a pattern. If your opal appears dull in only few areas, then there is chance of dead spot in that stone. While purchasing opal, you need to take care of brightness and radiance of colours. To be safe, you should buy these expensive stones from a trusted dealer.
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