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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Opal with coral & coloured gems 💛

My new attempt ...

Combining colorful gemstone with opal and an elegant coral from Japan, completing in platinum, all hand-made by our trusted jeweller.

Will it work out beautifully or not ?

Just wait and see !!

https://www.gemstory.com.au

Colorful tourmaline ...

Green tourmaline with white coral.

Ametrine in emerald cut.

Colombian emerald.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

OPAL EXPERIMENT ... Australian VS Ethiopian

http://www.gemstory.com.au/learn-about-opal.html

Experimenting opals - by

'Heating Australian Opal & Ethiopian Opal

in the Microwave for 3 minutes'

and see what happens to both opals!!

READY, SET, GO !!!!

. . . . . . . . .

Well, it seems ready to serve (^-^) !!

After 3 minutes of waiting ... And hopefully opals are

not too hot to touch, hahaha!

Let's see ... uuuummmmmmm ...

Can you see the difference between Australian Opal & Ethiopian Opal from here??!?

Haha!!!!!

What a result .. It's obvious that Ethiopian Opal is showing

a new look ... it reveals a "cracky look" doesn't it !!!???

Comparisons to Australian Opal ...

Well, well, well ... That's my baby!!!! (^^)

No changes, still in its original shape, looks nice & clean ... Not even a scratch or any crack on its surface.

Good on you, AUSTRALIAN !!!!

Can you see the difference ...

BEFORE and AFTER ??!!?

AUSTRALIAN OPAL

BEFORE - 7.00ct AFTER - 6.99ct

ETHIOPIAN OPAL

BEFORE - 7.67ct AFTER - 7.48ct

( Opals looses its water after been heated... )

http://www.minerals.net/mineral/opal.aspx

Depending on how and where Opals are found, their quality

and stability is quite different ...

Just be careful before purchasing opals,

if they are affordable and too easy to find,

there is a reason. The link I have attached

here might tell you more.

As far as I am concerned,

AUSTRALIAN OPAL IS THE BEST !!!!!

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Another beautiful day we had in Surfers Paradise! If you're visiting Gold Coast, please feel free to come and say "HI" to us ... (^^) Cheers!

http://www.gemstory.com.au

xxxx Malayvone

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

OPAL EXPERIMENT ...

For those who's not familiar with Ethiopian Hydrophane Opal, please see the link below.

http://www.jtv.com/library/ethiopian-hydrophane-opal,default,pg.html

G'day from Gold Coast, Australia.

Our new experiment on solid opal is

"Using Food Coloring Liquid" !!

Not sure what it says but it seems very strong and powerful liquid ... strong enough to get your fingers smudged easily

The chosen one (for experimenting ...)

would be these beautiful pieces.

Top - Ethiopian Hydrophane Opal (8.27ct)

Bottom - Australian White Opal (7.00ct)

Both to be placed in a clear glass bowl and ready to be soaked into Food Coloring ... (^^;)

Remember, left is Ethiopian Hydrophane Opal

and the right, is Australian White Opal.

Here we go !!!

After 10 minutes of waiting ... This is what happened !!!

Top - Ethiopian Opal

Bottom - Australian Opal

You can clearly see how the whole image is changed in Ethiopian Hydrophane Opal, it sucked the coloring liquid and became another unique piece of opal !!!!! Nothing's been affected / done to Australian White Opal ... Stays the same.

Well .... (as expected), look what happened to my fingers. It's a small price to pay when considering what we have learnt from our OPAL EXPERIMENT and that how powerful the "food coloring" is ... hehehe.

So, the point here is "be careful" when you wear an Ethiopian Opal ... Your body acid, your colorful clothes and many other things can easily change your OPAL!!

We will let you know what happens next, after trying to get its color and beauty back ... In the mean while, have fun today!!!

Japanese Blog : http://www.gemstory.com/weblog/2013/04/post_1103.html

xxxx Malayvone