Beautiful Australian OPAL VS Korean blings !!

HELLO to those who loves "BLING BLING" !!

I visited Korea for the second time last week (early July 2015), found lots of rainbow colored materials for such crazy prices (super cheap !) but thinking  ...

"it's not as beautiful or colorful when compares to 

Australian opals" ...

See what I mean here ??!!?

Australian Black Opal Loose Stone  -  Best of the best !!!

www.opal-direct.com

Sure, it's a great market to seek for beautiful and affordable stuffs such as fabrics and jewelries in Korea.

See the following items.

This country has many to offer 

if you're happy with imitations or cheap items!

I guarantee you.   

All pretty, average price range is A$5 each 

Or A$10 a meter for the rhinestone 

chains and beautiful jewelry parts ...

Unbelievably CHEAP !!! 

All hand made jewelry with natural gems  

A$100

(^^)

Korean money's exchange rate 

is about A$1.00 ＠ 1000W

 

Lovely collection I found at duty free stores.

Even the train ticket is colorful (haha) !!

Seoul in Korea is a must place to visit and good for shopping, nice people, great culture, 

huge gap between rich & poor, 

I think Korea is a wonderful place to visit again, 

just not as beautiful as Australia though ...

Love Australia and I truly appreciate the beauty of 

Australian gem  - OPAL !!  

(more than ever now ...)   

Out door chefs, for the best dining !!!

Lots of people and energy on street.

Bought 20 pairs of quality socks in Korea 

for myself, for only A$10 !!!

Love or hate these interesting designs ??!

Anyway, now I am back in Japan ... 

missing my family & my home on the Gold Coast.

xxxx    Malayvone 

A rare, double-face black opal !!! New collection is now on sale !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDreG-iVJ4g

Watch this double faced black opal 

loose on YouTube !!!

Just amazing ...

We have finished taking pictures of new opals, 

many are from Lightning Ridge (black opals) 

and some from Quilpie (boulder opals).

See our beautiful collection through online  :   

www.opal-direct.com

There are over 20 pieces to see and to admire.

My pick of the day is this 

'rainbow color reversible black opal' !!

Australian black opal is extremely rare, bright, 

unique and many more reasons 

to love for !!!

Love this beauty everyone ??!!?  

(^^)

www.gemstory.com.au

xxxx     Malayvone

OPAL VALUES ♪

What is a 'good opal' compares to 'not so good opal' ... 

What makes one more valuable than others??

 How is opal valued???

 

Well, let's think simple!

 

What looks pretty and more desirable to you in general?

Cars, houses, boats, humans, etc ...

Is it just the look that matter to you or the

detail is also important.

Perhaps our website can help answering more ..

 

  http://www.gemstory.com.au

 

Opal is exactly the same !! Select carefully, by following these factors ... 

 

 

**   SOLID or FAKE   **

Make sure an opal you're about to select is

not Doublet or Triplet, even color treated or lab created.

If it's fully solid (100% natural) then it's quite special. 

 

 

 

**   VIVID or PALE  ** 

Does that opal has colors and lustures,

brilliancy or good impressions to you on your first sight?

The brightness and clarity of colors displayed by

opal from its surface is quite important.

 

 

 

**   UNIQUE or BORIING   **

When you turn or move opal -

does the color and its pattern changes,

reflects and dances at all? If the pattern is collectable

then the value of opal normally increases,

and when it shows some 'play of color' then sure it'll be

more fun to look at & to wear for many years to come!

(^^)

**   CLEAN or SPOTTED   **

Always examine each piece of opal closely

because you don't want to purchase anything that has

deep scratches or cloudy spots or cracky quality opal.

In Australian 'boulder opal' (for instance),

the less brown ironstone showing on its surface,

the better & rarer it becomes.

 

 

 

**   BIG or SMALL   **

And of course, in anything ... I mean really 'anything' !!!

Is it BIG ENOUGH or a bit too small  (haha)

for you to enjoy??

If an opal is too small then its value can drop a bit,

the larger piece is always the better.

 

But if there's not much beauty or colors,

pick a smaller one with colors instead ♪♪

 

 

 

Further questions you have,

please write to me, thanks...

Love Australian Opals !!!  

 

Meet me at Tucson Show if you'd like

to see my 'rainbow collection' !!!

 

 

 

xxxx     Malayvone