What are opal triplets?

Opal Stories from friends

Perhaps the most inexpensive way to enjoy the beauty of the opal is to buy what are known as ‘triplets’. A triplet is simply a very thin slice of natural opal, sandwiched between a clear glass or quartz cap, and a plastic or stone backing. The clear cap...

HOW OPALS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Opal Stories from friends

The following story was written by the man in the picture above, our long time friend Uncle George Bucholz. Uncle George is currently in Australia for the third time in October 2004. He is now 81 and arrived with his 81 year cousin. They rented a mobile home or a...

A Double Happy Ending !

Opal Stories from friends

by michael ferguson Whether you’re a professional or amateur cutter, whether you buy your own gear or cut for others, you cannot put a stone to the wheel without thinking : Someone is going to wear this stone ! Who will wear it ? What interesting people will see...

MY ADVENTURES WITH OPAL THRU THE YEARS

Opal Stories from friends

I had no idea what kind of a path my opal experience would be like when I bought my first opal rough from Murray Willis in 1982. If someone would have told me that I would have some of the best times of my life, and I would visit and make friends with miners and opal...

Kent and Kirsty are at it again !

Opal Stories by Murray

At the time of this writing, Kent and Kirsty Willis have already crossed America once, and are swinging back, in what will probably amount to more than 14,000 miles of a whirlwind sales trip to homes and club meetings. At least once a year, Australian Opal Mines tries...

Latest Tales from Andamooka March 1998

Opal Stories by Murray

Last week one of my Andamooka mining friends called me and said that one of his countrymen, 76 years old, was packing up to go back to Europe. He was prepared to quit all of his current stock at a bargain price. I spoke to the old guy because he was supposed to be a...

The New Andamooka Saga

Opal Stories by Murray

The New Andamooka Saga On Friday afternoon I was sitting with my wife having a coffee when I saw a friend, who was standing in the middle of the road dialing his mobile phone. Who’s phone do you think went off? Yes it was mine, I didn’t answer the phone I...

The ultimate price of the Opal

Opal Stories by Murray

The ultimate price of the Opal Above is a picture of a parcel of opal that hasn’t been tumbled, it is just as it came out of the ground apart from 2 stones that are missing. A few years ago I was on the fields at Coober Pedy with Kent, we were driving out...