Australian opal with unusual flow lines
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Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
So is that one to be kept as a specimen because of the flow lines Mila? I can't imagine anything else it could be used for since cutting it would ruin the effect and lose what color it has.
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Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
PinkDiamond wrote:So is that one to be kept as a specimen because of the flow lines Mila? I can't imagine anything else it could be used for since cutting it would ruin the effect and lose what color it has.
I keep all my opals as specimens. I like them the way they are.
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Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
Cute wave. I can't count the stones I've set aside when a good picture appeared. Wouldn't be top dollar in a oval for a ring, so they are worth so much more as specimens. Precious opals have a wide collectors following I dare say that is bigger than any other gem species except maybe agate. Variety affordability and selection of matrices including fossil or mineral replacements.
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Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
SwordfishMining wrote:Cute wave. I can't count the stones I've set aside when a good picture appeared. Wouldn't be top dollar in a oval for a ring, so they are worth so much more as specimens. Precious opals have a wide collectors following I dare say that is bigger than any other gem species except maybe agate. Variety affordability and selection of matrices including fossil or mineral replacements.
I have never collected agates. I used to collect thin section of meteorites. They look beautiful under a microscope
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Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
Thats real interesting. You should make a post out of it. I switched majors before i got into mineralogy deep. I've got a slice or so for wire wrapping that were etched metal & a vial of crumbly dust from the Meteorite guys south American trips.
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Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
Wow, Mila, that's gorgeous, and so colorful! I never would have suspected all those colors were in there.
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Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
SwordfishMining wrote:Thats real interesting. You should make a post out of it. I switched majors before i got into mineralogy deep. I've got a slice or so for wire wrapping that were etched metal & a vial of crumbly dust from the Meteorite guys south American trips.
Thank you!
I sometimes send my pictures to this site [url]
https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2013/07/thin ... orite.html[/url]
Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
Mila wrote:SwordfishMining wrote:Thats real interesting. You should make a post out of it. I switched majors before i got into mineralogy deep. I've got a slice or so for wire wrapping that were etched metal & a vial of crumbly dust from the Meteorite guys south American trips.
Thank you!
I sometimes send my pictures to this site
https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2013/07/thin-section-of-allende-meteorite.html
Re: Australian opal with unusual flow lines
PinkDiamond wrote:Wow, Mila, that's gorgeous, and so colorful! I never would have suspected all those colors were in there.
Thank you!