0.55 Carat Natural White Opal from Coober Pedy Australia
Name: Natural Opal, Crystal Opal
Weight: 0.55 Carat
Opal Type: Natural Opal, Crystal Opal, NOT a doublet/triplet
Color: Multicolour
Shape: Pear
Origin: Coober Pedy, Northern South Australia
Treatment: None
Coober Pedy – The Opal Capital of the World. Coober Pedy was founded in 1915, in northern South Australia. It is located 846km north of Adelaide, along the Stuart Highway. Since then, the town has been supplying roughly 90% of the world's gem quality opals.
Australia has 95% of the world's supply of commercial opal and the largest percentage still comes from the 70 opal fields around Coober Pedy.
Opal is a true precious stone.