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Black Opal Parcels

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Purchase Black Opal parcels online at wholesale prices from Opal Auctions, featuring a diverse array of shapes and sizes sourced from the renowned Lightning Ridge. These parcels are ideal for resellers and jewelers seeking direct offerings from opal miners.


While most opal miners traditionally sell their stones in parcel lots directly at the mines, online platforms often feature individual opals for clearer viewing. However, parcel lots present excellent value, offering a mix of black, semi-black, grey, and crystal opals.


The best value lies in parcels cut from the same mine, ensuring greater uniformity. Mines known for producing blue-colored black opals allow buyers to create matching sets of rings, pendants, or earrings. Black opals are categorized by body tone, ranging from N1 to N5, and this tone can vary within parcel lots. Opals from the Cochran opal fields tend to be more cabochon-shaped compared to those from the seam opal fields of Sheepyards. Both areas, however, are experiencing reduced opal production, with fewer than 100 lots available online at any given time compared to the past when hundreds were common.


As opal mining costs rise and commercial demand grows, larger quantities of parcel lots may become scarce. Miners are increasingly focusing on prospecting to discover large opal pockets, which could potentially be offered as parcel lots in the future.