The latest news from your favourite opal shop.
December 9th, 2019
Bruce Highway Upgrade - accessing us.Customers please note, with another stage of the Bruce Highway upgrade taking effect at the end of this week, there'll be a major change in getting to us from the south (Northbound traffic).Northbound motorists accessing Palmview, Glenview, and the Aussie…
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November 25th, 2019
Another year, gone like that. It’s already time to start finalising your online orders with us, to ensure that they will arrive in time for Christmas. We're currently in the process of migrating our current website to the new format, in time for all the…
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October 7th, 2019
Choosing the right opal can often be a daunting task when you are presented with a wide choice. There are so many factors to consider; rarity, colour, clarity, brightness, pattern, size. So let’s break these factors down, explore them a little further, and…
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August 28th, 2019
September is nearly here, and while we primarily focus on October's birthstone (Opal, obviously), we do have a soft spot for Sapphires, in particular Australian Sapphire. Mined from the Inverell/Glen Innes areas in NSW, we love the variations in colour shown in natural Parti Sapphires,…
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June 8th, 2019
It's time we've updated our portfolio of custom engagement rings, created by our talented jewellers over the past few months. Covering traditional, modern, and completely contemporary designs, as well as a range of colour and body tones, maybe these rings could inspire your choice? Black…
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June 5th, 2019
A new species of herbivorous dinosaur has been unveiled in Australia, with the discovery having been found at one of the opal fields in Lightning Ridge (NSW). And the really interesting part? The discovery also represent the most complete dinosaur fossil found yet, preserved in…
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April 5th, 2019
The $34 million dollar Australian Opal Centre project has been given the go-ahead, with the Federal Government committing $9.5 million towards stage one of the Lightning Ridge-based centre. Proposed as a world hub for ‘opal-related knowledge, training and certification’, it is projected that the Australian…
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April 1st, 2019
The fascination with Opal Engagement Rings has been steadily on the rise in the past 5 or so years, particularly with the popularity of sharing platforms such as Pinterest becoming a virtual wish list of all things pretty, unique and tempting. We've been happily assisting…
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March 19th, 2019
We have noticed the trend of photographing opal, in particular, light opal on black backgrounds, as well as being asked by clients and some suppliers as to why we don't use said technique. To be honest, we feel that photographing light opal on a dark…
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March 14th, 2019
For customers visiting our physical store at 11 Ballantyne Court, Glenview, you would notice the highway upgrade that we've been enduring for the past few years (and more to come). Those that are visiting us heading south to Brisbane, the normal exit (Exit #190) has…
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February 5th, 2019
Gemologists are speculating after a rare opal which contains an entombed insect was sourced from the Indonesian Island of Java. A formation which was once thought impossible by many scientists, due to the slow-forming process of the gemstone; CEO of a Philadelphia investment company, and…
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January 2nd, 2019
From all the staff here at Opals Down Under, we'd like to thank our customers and opal-enthusiasts for another fantastic year! 2018 saw us cut many fantastic gems (and shared some of the cutting progress on our instagram stories - follow us at @opalsdownundersc), have…
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