Opal Rough AAA+++ multicolor fire 36.5 cts - Lightning Ridge- 7.3 g
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Opal rough from Lightning Ridge, Australia, weighing 36.5 carats (7.3 g) with multicolour fire and natural matrix, dimensions 31 × 24 × 11 mm.
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From my personal collection #Opalwanted I present to you this piece of rough opal from Lightning Ridge, Australia
Discover the exceptional beauty of this raw Australian opal, with vibrant fire and legendary origin. Sourced directly from the world-renowned Lightning Ridge region in Australia, this top-quality piece showcases the finest qualities of precious opal: chromatic intensity, natural structure, and a captivating play of colors even in its rough form.
Weighing 36.50 cts and measuring 31 x 24 x 11 mm, this specimen offers an ideal surface for carving, polishing, wire-wrapping, or simply exhibiting as a collector's piece. Its original matrix adds geological authenticity, while its inner fire makes it a perfect choice for high-end jewelry designs.
Perfect for:
• Jewelry designers
• Lapidary artists
• Collectors of gemstones
• Buyers seeking investment-grade rough opals with premium provenance.
In Lightning Ridge, the elders said that beneath the dark earth slept fragments of an ancient fire, remnants of a storm that never came to an end. According to the legend, when a bolt of lightning struck the rock, part of its light was trapped forever, crystallized in the form of opal.
This specimen is one of those fragments: a heart of fire still embraced by its matrix, where colors—intense greens, blazing oranges, solar yellows, and blue flashes—intertwine as if they preserve memory of the lightning that created them. Its glow seems to breathe, as if the stone carried within an ancestral pulse.
A piece born between myth and geology, perfect for those who seek not just an opal, but a relic of Australian light with its own history.
To behold its chromatic fire in action, watch the short: there the dominant red reveals its dance under direct light.
https://youtube.com/shorts/M33nZLgM23o?si=3rK0hVFRgNiVsTNr
Opalwanted Gems of the World
From my personal collection #Opalwanted I present to you this piece of rough opal from Lightning Ridge, Australia
Discover the exceptional beauty of this raw Australian opal, with vibrant fire and legendary origin. Sourced directly from the world-renowned Lightning Ridge region in Australia, this top-quality piece showcases the finest qualities of precious opal: chromatic intensity, natural structure, and a captivating play of colors even in its rough form.
Weighing 36.50 cts and measuring 31 x 24 x 11 mm, this specimen offers an ideal surface for carving, polishing, wire-wrapping, or simply exhibiting as a collector's piece. Its original matrix adds geological authenticity, while its inner fire makes it a perfect choice for high-end jewelry designs.
Perfect for:
• Jewelry designers
• Lapidary artists
• Collectors of gemstones
• Buyers seeking investment-grade rough opals with premium provenance.
In Lightning Ridge, the elders said that beneath the dark earth slept fragments of an ancient fire, remnants of a storm that never came to an end. According to the legend, when a bolt of lightning struck the rock, part of its light was trapped forever, crystallized in the form of opal.
This specimen is one of those fragments: a heart of fire still embraced by its matrix, where colors—intense greens, blazing oranges, solar yellows, and blue flashes—intertwine as if they preserve memory of the lightning that created them. Its glow seems to breathe, as if the stone carried within an ancestral pulse.
A piece born between myth and geology, perfect for those who seek not just an opal, but a relic of Australian light with its own history.
To behold its chromatic fire in action, watch the short: there the dominant red reveals its dance under direct light.
https://youtube.com/shorts/M33nZLgM23o?si=3rK0hVFRgNiVsTNr
Opalwanted Gems of the World
Details
Main Mineral
Opal
Mineral Form
Rough AAA+++ multicolor fire 36.5 cts - Lightning Ridge
Weight
7.3 g
Origin (Region/ City)
Lightning Ridge
Country of Origin
Australia
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