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2.16 Ct. Black Opal from Australia
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Item ID: | K16887 |
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Dimensions (MM): help | Length: 13.02 Width: 8.12 Height: 3.31 |
Weight: | 2.16 Ct. |
Color: help | Multi Color |
Color intensity: help | Intense |
Clarity: help | Very Slightly Included |
Shape: help | Oval |
Cut: | Tablet |
Cutting style: | Tablet |
Enhancements: help | No Enhancement |
Origin: help | Australia |
Per carat price: help | $1,850 |
From the sun baked fields of Australia to the quiet precision of our lapidary studio, this Black Opal tells a layered story, a journey that begins in ancient silica rich sands and ends as a luminous jewel kept by The Natural Gemstone Company, The gem began its life as a concentrated slurry of silica and water, folding and hardening over millennia until the unique arrangement of silica spheres formed a living play of color. Mined with care in Australia, its transparent body reveals a multicolor symphony that seems to move with every tilt, an intense color intensity that speaks to both the depth of its origin and the purity of its form. The 2.16 carat oval measures 13.02 x 8.12 x 3.31 mm, and its tablet cut was chosen to celebrate the gem as both a window and a stage, amplifying flashes of emerald, sapphire, fire and amber while preserving the opal as a durable, wearable treasure.
What makes this stone unmistakable are the tiny signatures left by nature, inclusions that read like a fingerprint and that tell of time and place, very slightly included evaluated at eye level, these subtle marks are not flaws, they are provenance, fine veils, delicate potch ribbons and occasional mineral grains rest within the crystal, each inclusion catching light differently and accentuating the rainbow play. The tablet cut and excellent polish allow those internal textures to breathe, to reveal layered color patches and thin internal lines that shift from deep inky tones to bright spectral flashes, the transparency of the gem lets you see the internal dance, and because there has been no enhancement the stone remains wholly natural, unaltered, a true specimen of Australian Black Opal. When you hold this opal from The Natural Gemstone Company you hold more than a gem, you hold a small archive of geological time, a handcrafted expression of nature, preserved by careful cutting and polishing, ready to be set, ready to tell its next chapter on the hand or around the neck of someone who appreciates a story written in color.
