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I’m speechless… A slice of super gem belemnite inlaid doublet in 14K just listed. Free EMS international express shipping world wide. Song: Opaline by Novo Amor
See earlier blog for video of us digging out this amazing piece!
https://worldclassopal.net/blogs/news/opal-mining-to-market-digging-opal-and-some-of-the-results-in-the-workshop
The Grace Opal brothers (worldclassopal.net & Kimberleyopal.com) AKA, Lochy and Shannon, set out one beautiful Coober Pedy evening to try their luck at blacklighting. Australian opal and Coober Pedy opal in particular is famous for it's flourescence under ultra violet light.
Above is a picture of Shannon with an 18 watt 240 v blacklight that we used for decades, thank God for the recent advent of powerful UV torches that weigh only grams and shine much, much farther than these shoulder destroying, time consuming behemoths.
Above is a long exposure showing Jupiter setting in the west and some of the old, extremely rich (in their day) opal workings on the Old 10 Mile and Larkins Folly (foreground) opal fields of Coober Pedy Australia.
Black lighting on the surface around old diggings in Coober Pedy has been a game of diminishing returns over the last 30 odd years, and in the last dozen or so has usually been downright depressing. Rarely anything but a lot of hard work, very dangerous due to the ever present death traps that are mining shafts literally everywhere, not to mention the gaze of a thousand noodlers (fossickers) having stripped the dumps of all but tiny traces.
Hope, however, springs eternal, and one particular night on the fields a few years back, we had that rare burst of energy and enthusiasm to brave the opal fields at night to blacklight, particularly as we wanted to try out the new high powered UV torches that had revolutionised so much of our mining and opal exploration.
Another long exposure looking south, note the southern cross and pointers, always taking the stage in the southern sky over Coober Pedy's crystal nights.
The above video was taken moments after uncovering a fully opalised belemnite in its host rock. the excitement is palpable as I inspect the ancient opal fossil to see the extent of its filling.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I found this belemnite pipe (carefully removed from its host rock, (natural breaks).
Mind blowing, super gem extremely stable high quality light crystal opal in large cuttable pieces, this will make some truly world class opal jewelry..
The full extent of the opalised ancient squid (belemnite) pieces.
A stunning set made with the opal we sent to the UK via Fedex.
This piece didnt get to the website, Mum snapped it up at first glance!
Another shot of those lovely earrings.
Below is a video of the 'kingstone'. This is extremely rare and superb quality opal, cant wait to find a truck full! :-)
Several years ago we were in Coober Pedy and a bit hard up for places to find opal.
I went for a fly over on Google maps and found this open cut i knew had been started over 20 years ago but had now been completed to the opal level. We went to check and sure enough it had been abandoned so we had a scratch around for a few days, and here are some of the results in a quick video! Shows opening up, digging in the opal level, some of the stunning precious opal kingstones, and of course, the finished one of a kind pieces of beautiful Australian opal jewelry that resulted. 
An old World Class Opal article from back in the day detailing an adventure to Mintabie, note the blasting, subsequent seam and resultant fine jewelry set ready for sale.
We have been at this a while!
Drilling and blasting underneath the opal level and subsequent jackpicking down of the opal level. Circa 1999.
The 'kingstone' I cut this stone into a nice larger oval and two smaller ones, then had them set into solid 18k gold as a pendant and earring set.
The photos are pretty bad as I only had an analogue SLR camera but was happy to have documented the process!
Sadly both Australian federal and state Liberal governments have shut the township of Mintabie meaning this opal field, and the opportunities it afforded to adventurous, entrepreneurial pioneers and indeed the local indigenous people, is now virtually abandoned.