Nice fire! Hand cut Natural Solid Australian Opal 1.25ct.

This is a natural Australian Opal and has mostly orange fire with a tad of blue and green. It has a light base. I hand cut this Australian opal myself. It weighs approximately 1.25cts. It is about 9mm x 6mm and about 4mm thick.
This stone is hand cut and is one of a kind, you can't ever duplicate it like you can most other gemstones. The pictures were taken in natural outside light.


There is no treatment whatsoever, it is totally natural. This stone is a freeform cut, not a standard size. Standard sizes can be nice, but when you try to conform to a certain shape and size with opal, you can lose precious fire from the opal. These freeform stones are the most beautiful because they are so unique.

The stone is SOLID, not a doublet or triplet. The pics are taken close up so they show the stone better.

Australian Opal is not absorbent like a lot of the Ethiopian Opal.

Be careful of any Opal, like a lot of the Ethiopian(Welo) that is porous as well. These types of Ethiopian Opal are called Hydrophane(porous). Some cutters will treat these opals because they are so easily absorbent. They will use smoke treatment or an acid/sugar bath so that you get a false dark base background to make the colors(fire) stand out. It won't be worth the price you are paying for it and it since they are treated, they cannot be considered natural stones anymore. Also, since these Opals are porous and have more water content than the Australian Opals, more water hydrate an hydrate out and may crack/craze the stone.
Just make sure that you are careful when buying the Opal types like that.

The pics are taken as close as we can to the color, but opals can be tricky because the fire sometimes looks different as you roll the stone. Usually, the stone looks much better in person.

If you would like to have it shipped outside the country, please contact me before buying. Thank you.