Red opal base?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:56 pm
Hello my other family! sorry I haven't been on in a while, been busy with life and the things that it entails, etc...
Anyway, I recently started back into a few projects and that led to one thing after another where I was cleaning of the work bench and I found a bag of Australian opal bits that I must of stopped working on and then forgot about. So I really became distracted and started cutting the bits and polishing them up because you can never have too much opal!
In the process I found two that seem to have a red or pink base to them. If it was grey or black, I'd say it was lightning ridge, but red or pink'ish? Anybody see that base color and know where it might be from?
For some reason I'm thinking Andamooka but I'm not sure, just a gut thing.
Here's some pictures!
Anyway, I recently started back into a few projects and that led to one thing after another where I was cleaning of the work bench and I found a bag of Australian opal bits that I must of stopped working on and then forgot about. So I really became distracted and started cutting the bits and polishing them up because you can never have too much opal!
In the process I found two that seem to have a red or pink base to them. If it was grey or black, I'd say it was lightning ridge, but red or pink'ish? Anybody see that base color and know where it might be from?
For some reason I'm thinking Andamooka but I'm not sure, just a gut thing.
Here's some pictures!