We are a Family company bringing you over 40 combined years of opal mining, cutting, jewellery manufacturing and online sales experience.

In early December 2020, our mining company was prospecting on the Donna's Rush opal field about 50 kilometres north of Coober Pedy Australia.

Donna's Rush is a field named in honor of John and Yoka Dunstan's late daughter. I knew her a little personally and can attest to what an amazing person she was, she certainly brightened the day of anyone she interacted with and is very much missed by all who knew her, not least her family.

So with that in mind, it is fitting that some of the most beautiful opal we have ever found has been from the relatively small field of Donna's Rush.

This particular day we winched into a mine that had been dug recently with a tunneling machine with little trace left behind. I tried out a battery powered drill we spent over a thousand dollars trying to see if it was feasible, you can see in the video the small holes it made before the battery overloaded and cut out. Turns out it's too soon for that tech, we will have to stick with 240 volts and elbow grease for the time being.

Just as we had almost finished checking the entire claim, i found some small 'feeders' of trace in a patch of beautiful opal level (the chocolatey weathered sandstone around the opal in the video), and as I was cutting them out, it was very fortunate that a few crumbly chips fell away from the pipe, exposing the end as seen in the vid:

https://youtu.be/FNUnpyhmKPQ 

This rare and spectacular opalised belemnite has been valued at $1'800.00 per carat.

Item Specifics:

WEIGHT: 19.55 carats (total), 14 carat and 5.55 carat respectively.
DIMENSIONS: 57 mm long by 9 mm wide by 7 mm deep.
BRIGHTNESS: A stunning water clear green orange blue crystal 5 out of 5 all over.
FEATURES: Fully visible phragmocone cast with remnant 'eye clean' calcite in a few tiny spots on the very surface at the back.

We do not sell opal simulants of ANY sort. All of our opal is 100% guaranteed Natural Australian Opal.

The color variations in the photos are due to different light angles, distances and backgrounds. All of our auctions are photographed with macro settings under a 60 watt incandescent lamp. We try to create a true as possible representation of the stones you will receive.

Please check the dimensions carefully as the opal will not be as big in your hand as it looks on your monitor! Also some monitor settings will cause white based opal to look darker than it actually is. Please check the description carefully before bidding and view your opal in sunlight or in a dark room with a direct light source ie: desk lamp, down light etc. (As photographed and practiced throughout the opal industry).




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