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I think you need to copy/paste it all... I know pink did a number of them but I think it's all still by hand. ... Plus there was always an issue with treatments and I like straight up clean and raw cutting rough.... Issue with treatments, thats one point that need a discussion, so I would learn mor...

Btw is there any way to link a post from old forum to here? or just copy - pasted it?

Hi all, its been a while since my last post. Dunno where to put this so I put it here hopefully you guys read it So I`m planning to make a post about indonesian opal, starting by collecting all old post from the old forum and adding it with all I know about Indonesian opal. I am not trying to sell o...

Ahh pancawarna, panca = five (sanskrit), warna = colour (indonesian or malays?). Hey thats from my region ...only take 4 hour away from my home but pricey If I`m not mistaken local lab usually call them multicolor jasper or multicolor chalcedony and Kurt is right, Literally "5 coloured stone&qu...

What is it? pawancawara? still looking for it in the internet but ....

Whoaaa now I am enlightened, helped me a lot, many thanks John

jim wrote: The back of the shell is filled with malachite chips. ....

Hello Jim, may I know the material thay you used to bond the chips? Did you use somekind of resin or just a glue?

Hiyas all just trying to step further in understanding opal and confused . It`s about boulder, matrix and matrix boulder, here`s a few question, hope you guys and gals can help me. 1.Are those only applicable for australian opal only? 2.If they aren`t can someone tell definition of each? 3.Yes I`ve ...

Hey there jadero, welcome to the forum

Agreed oc, taking opal picture not only chalenging especially when you tried to take picture with mobile phone or non proffesional camera indoor . So guys and gals share your tips and tricks please. Can`t wait to see the tips and tricks also the technique soon