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Journey to the stone podcast about Lightning Ridge Black Opal
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In this episode of Journey to the Stone, I want to talk about one of the most colorful, one of the most difficult to get in the current market, and one of the most mind-boggling gemstones that Mother Nature produces. It holds all the colors of the most important gems in the world: the red of the Ruby, the blue of the Sapphire, the green of the Tsavorite or the Emerald. You've got colors, the yellows that come out of Canary Yellow Diamond—all of these colors mixed together within one location to create one gemstone. And that happens in Lightning Ridge, Australia. Let's talk about Lightning Ridge Black Opal.
Now, usually, I would cover several Opals within one segment. But Lightning Ridge, I will cover on its own, because it is such an important range of Opal. And it's very different than its other counterparts that are discovered in Mexico, Ethiopia, in different locales across the world. Let's focus on the Potch Black variety of Opal. So I'm going to take you to Lightning Ridge in Australia, and let's talk about rarity.
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