DIY Jewellery Hack : Cleaning your Jewels at Home
There’s a common misconception that if silver jewellery tarnishes (turns brown or dull in colour) it’s not genuine silver or has ‘gone … Read more
Top 10 Opal Jewellery Making Tips
Setting opals can be tricky, especially when you’re used to setting gemstones with different hardness-opals being the softest. But there are some … Read more
What to do in Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge is home to the world’s largest black opal mining which is the reason it’s become a well known town in … Read more
Queensland Boulder Opal
Boulder opals are only found in Queensland, Australia. Primary opal fields include Winton, Opalton, Quilpie, Yowah, Eromanga, Cunnamulla, and Longreach. They are … Read more
Andamooka Opal
Andamooka is one of the oldest known opal fields in Australia, with opals from this region famously having been used in the … Read more
Coober Pedy Opal
Coober Pedy (derived from the Aboriginal words ‘Kupa Piti’ meaning ‘white man in a hole’) produces the most white opal and at the Good Opal co, our favourite type of white opal is Coober Pedy white opal fossils-shells.
Mintabie Opal
Mintabie opal is arguably some of the most unique opal in Australia. The mines of Mintabie produce white, crystal and the illustrious … Read more
Top 10 Tips for buying Opal Jewellery
Buying Opal Jewellery that’s Handmade vs Mass produced Buying Opal jewellery online can be tricky. So, in this blog we’ve outlined a … Read more
Learn How to Cut Opal: Cabbing 101
In previous blogs we’ve helped our customers to learn how to cut opal without a cabbing machine. In this blog we are … Read more
How Opal is mined and cut
How Opal is mined When the first opal mine shafts in Australia were being dug, they didn’t have the diesel equipment used … Read more
