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TOP BOULDER OPAL ROUGH PARCEL
Check out this outstanding Top Boulder Opal Rough Parcel. An extra quality parcel of beautiful rough Boulder Opal. These are the best specimens out of several lots bought in person directly from the dude that mined it! Unusual and vibrant aqua colouring is a feature of this lot, along with blue, green sparkles and other flashes of colour. Some pieces show the veining which is an attractive feature also. Each piece has been cut to its best potential ready for jewellery or perfect as a mineral specimen in your Aussie collection. I feel like this one is a parcel I’ll regret selling, but that’s the way it goes in the rock trade. I love opal in the rough and this is a special little parcel on offer. Most photos taken wet, none do justice to this lot, which looks better in person. Boulder Opal is found only in Australia, making it rare gem indeed. Enjoy!
Dimensions:
7 Pieces, 114g.Location:
Queensland, Australia.Opal: SiO2
nH2O Hydrated Silicon Dioxide.SKU: BOP27223 - Jade
AUSSIE NEPHRITE JADE ROUGH 06
Aussie Nephrite Jade Rough 06 ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (where the best Black Jade in the world comes from). This variant of jade is becoming more scarce and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%. This particular rock is Black Jade in a corner triangle shape, would suit carving into cabs or guitar picks or a few small Black Jade Pendants.
Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and reflection. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
4cm x 4cm x 4cm, 136g.TOP BLACK JADE ROUGH
SKU: J23NJR06 - Jade, Rock 'n Slabs, Slabs, Slabs
AUSSIE NEPHRITE JADE SLAB 04
Aussie Nephrite Jade Slab 04 ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (where the best Black Jade in the world comes from). This variant of jade is becoming more scarce and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%.
Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and reflection. You can see the green from a strong jade torch. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
12cm x 5cm x 0.9cm, 128g.TOP BLACK JADE ROUGH
SKU: J23NJS04 - Jade, Rock 'n Slabs, Slabs, Slabs
AUSSIE NEPHRITE JADE SLAB 03
Aussie Nephrite Jade Slab 03 ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (where the best Black Jade in the world comes from). This variant of jade is becoming more scarce and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%.
Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and reflection. You can see the green from a strong jade torch. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
14cm x 9cm x 0.95cm, 274g.TOP BLACK JADE ROUGH
SKU: J23NJS03 - Jade, Rock 'n Slabs, Slabs, Slabs
AUSSIE NEPHRITE JADE SLAB 01
Aussie Nephrite Jade Slab 01 ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (where the best Black Jade in the world comes from). This variant of jade is becoming more scarce and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%.
Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and reflection. You can see the green from a strong jade torch. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
13.5cm x 5cm x 0.6cm, 97g.TOP BLACK JADE ROUGH
SKU: J23NJS01 - Jade
AUSSIE NEPHRITE JADE ROUGH 05
Aussie Nephrite Jade Rough 05 ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (where the best Black Jade in the world comes from). This variant of jade is becoming more scarce and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%. This is one of the specimens from a lot of 1000kg. Some you can still see the old mine grading marks with the grade and initials of the person who graded it. When we procured this lot we were told it came out of an old rusted out container from the 70’s.
Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and reflection. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish. This block has two parallel cut faces and will hold easily in a vice for slabbing. Some slight hints of Chatoyant form.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
17cm x 9cm x 9.5cm, 2952g.JADE ROUGH
SKU: J23NJR05 - Jade
AUSSIE NEPHRITE JADE ROUGH 03
Aussie Nephrite Jade Rough 03 ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (where the best Black Jade in the world comes from). This variant of jade is becoming more scarce and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%. This is one of the specimens from a lot of 1000kg. Some you can still see the old mine grading marks with the grade and initials of the person who graded it. When we procured this lot we were told it came out of an old rusted out container from the 70’s.
Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and reflection. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
12.5cm x 8cm x 7.2cm, 1080g.SKU: J23NJR03 - Jade
AUSSIE NEPHRITE JADE ROUGH 04
Aussie Nephrite Jade Rough 04 ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true black nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (where the best Black Jade in the world comes from). This variant of jade is becoming more scarce and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%. This is one of the specimens from a lot of 1000kg. Some you can still see the old mine grading marks with the grade and initials of the person who graded it. When we procured this lot we were told it came out of an old rusted out container from the 70’s.
Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and reflection. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish. Good Black Jade with some inclusions and a few grain lines.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
7.1cm x 7.6cm x 5.3cm, 390g.BLACK JADE ROUGH
SKU: J23NJR04 - Jade
AUSSIE NEPHRITE JADE ROUGH 02
Aussie Nephrite Jade Rough 02 ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (where the best Black Jade in the world comes from). This variant of jade is becoming more scarce and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%. This is one of the specimens from a lot of 1000kg. Some you can still see the old mine grading marks with the grade and initials of the person who graded it. When we procured this lot we were told it came out of an old rusted out container from the 70’s.
Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and reflection. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish.This is a rough square block with one cut face, makes easy to hold in vice for slabbing. The colour is near black with a few grain lines. Some slight hints of Chatoyant form.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
15cm x 11.5cm x 11cm, 4336g.JADE ROUGH
SKU: J23NJR02 - Jade
AUSSIE NEPHRITE JADE ROUGH 01
Aussie Nephrite Jade Rough 01 ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (where the best Black Jade in the world comes from). This variant of jade is becoming more scarce and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%. This is one of the specimens from a lot of 1000kg. Some you can still see the old mine grading marks with the grade and initials of the person who graded it. When we procured this lot we were told it came out of an old rusted out container from the 70’s.
Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and reflection. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish. I cut some slabs from this particular stone and carved a few Silver Fern Pendants.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
10cm x 5.2cm x 9.5cm, 783g.JADE ROUGH
SKU: J23NJR01 - Clearance Wholesale, Opals
BOULDER OPAL POLISHED PARCEL
Boulder Opal Polished Parcel. Opals in green, blue, orange, red, yellow, purple a rainbow of colors in the parcel. Ready for jewellery making or as specimens. A collection with great variety of colour and Queensland locations cut and polished by local Sydney Opal Cutter. This lot of polished are from Boulder Opal gemstone. Photos are with dry stones outside. This is a mixed parcel of Boulder Opal from various locations in Queensland. These lots are popular as always at a bargain price.
Dimensions:
26 Pieces, 91g.Location:
Queensland, Australia.Opal: SiO2
nH2O Hydrated Silicon Dioxide.SKU: BJ1192 - Australian Minerals, Chrysoprase, Rock 'n Slabs
CHRYSOPRASE ROUGH CUTTING
Beautiful Chrysoprase Rough Cutting Aussie stone. An amazing colour for a rough stone of pale apple green. Once polished it will be quite striking. Usually reserved for jewellers, quality specimens like this are hard to come by and attract high prices. A great Aussie Gemstone. At 140g this is a larger specimen and worthy for any collection, but I think it will be made into jewellery. Some of the photos shown are back-lit with a torch to show the depth of colour and quality.
Location:
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.Dimensions:
6.6cm x 8.1cm x 3.5cm, 166g.Chrysoprase.
SKU: CH22C01 - Australian Minerals, Opals
BOULDER OPAL ROUGH PARCEL
Boulder Opal Rough Parcel. A great parcel of beautiful rough Boulder Opal. It is getting hard to find good rough opal nowadays. Most is sold already worked. I love opal in the rough and these pieces also have the attractive markings in the base rock. A beaut find to work or keep as is. One photo was taken of the stones wet. Buy it while it’s available. Gotta love Aussie Boulder Opal!
Dimensions:
7 Pieces, 193g.Location:
Queensland, Australia.Opal: SiO2
nH2O Hydrated Silicon Dioxide.SKU: BOP27222 - Chrysoprase, Rock 'n Slabs
CHRYSOPRASE ROUGH LARGE
Beautiful chunky Chrysoprase Rough Large stone. An amazing colour for a rough stone, once polished it will be quite striking. Usually reserved for Jewellers, quality specimens like this are hard to come by and attract high prices. A great Aussie Gemstone. Showing stunning colour of Apple Green and good form. Chrysoprase, chrysophrase or chrysoprasus is a gemstone variety of chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline form of silica) that contains small quantities of nickel. Its best color is normally apple-green, but varies to deep green. The darker varieties of chrysoprase are also referred to as Prase. This material was fossicked many years ago, the location is now closed for fossicking and local sales.
Location:
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.Dimensions:
14cm x 12.5cm x 3.5cm, 710g.SKU: LGECHRYSO