Opal Lexicon

Cutting, polishing, repairing opal: what a workshop can do

A goldsmith can still cut or polish an opal years after purchase. Whether it is worth it depends on the damage: a dull stone is a different case from a cracked one. The article shows the grinding s...

How Opal Jewellery Is Made: Four Stations, One Stone

From six metres underground to the finger: the four stations an opal passes through, and why they explain the price.