Hand-Selected Lightning Ridge Black Opal Rough

This is a hand-selected parcel of bright Lightning Ridge Black Opal Rough.

The biggest piece of rough opal is deep royal blue fire on black. The opal has a very thin skin of dark grey over the black core and will produce a very large finished black opal gemstone.

There are four pieces of bright electric green and blue fire on dark grey to black which will all produce some stunning gemstones.

Finally there is one piece of bright green crystal opal on a black opal core, and one piece of blue crystal opal rough.

The parcel weighs 0.61 oz with 7 pieces. The largest 2 pieces measure 28 x 24 x 9 mm and 24 x 12 x 5 mm. The smallest piece measures 11 x 9 x 8 mm. This is an excellent parcel of black opal rough for someone looking to make some larger good-quality finished opal gemstones without too much effort.

All of these pieces will create beautiful finished black opal gemstones. This parcel of rough black opal has been hand-picked for ease of cutting and fire. The rough opal appears to be fossilized wood and plant material. The largest piece is a "Chinese Hat" rough opal nobbie.

Note: This black opal rough was photographed wet sitting in a puddle but it is not *under* water. Beware of sites that photograph their opals immersed in water as the opal looks much better that way but it does not mean the cut stones will look that way!