December 2009

Opals Down Under News

The latest news from your favourite opal shop.

Opals bad luck? Nonsense!

Thu 31 Dec, 2009

After checking this week's Google Analytics for our website (just to see who's visiting the site, what country has the most interest, what stones people want etc etc.), I noticed something that we get asked quite often in the store, popping up in the searches. Are Opals Bad Luck? I could go into the whole history of this myth, but I will just quickly quote 2 paragraphs from our Learn section on Read more Comment (0)

A collection of some of our newest Black Opals

Sat 19 Dec, 2009

We've had some absolutely stunning Black Opals arrive in store in the last month, and if you haven't checked them out yet, here they are in a collective group. [caption id="attachment_134" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Beautiful Black Opal"]Beautiful Black OpalRead more Comment (0)

Seasons Greetings from Opals Down Under

Sat 19 Dec, 2009

Wow, this year has gone fast. We've seen some interesting things happen in the world of Opal this year, with the GFC threatening to slow things down (it didn't), new fields proposed to be opening (they still haven't), and a new technology developed to grade Opal on a more universal basis. A former Opal Bash winner became Australia's entrant in the Miss Universe pagent, and here in the store we h Read more Comment (0)