I thought I would share these lovely little references from William Shakesheare regarding opals. This is from Stanza 31 in Shakespeare's sonnet Lovers Complaint. "The diamond, why, 'twas beautiful and hard, Whereto his invis'd properties did tend, The deep-green emerald, in whose fresh regard Weak sights their sickly radiance do amend; The heaven-hued sapphire and the opal blend With objects manifold" In Twelfth Night, Act II, scene 4, the clown says to Duke Orsino: "Now, the melancholy god protect thee, and the tailor make thy doublet of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is a very opal."...

So they say that Diamonds are a girls best friend right? A lot of women do love them....so what exactly makes these stones so attractive? Well many say that its simply because the beauty of these stones reflect exactly how we see them, who can resist a diamond right? I would like to share that the Australian Opal gives many females the same sort of feeling that diamonds do. In fact if you can get both together then you are in for a real treat. Australian Opal has some amazing unique qualities that can be found as irresistible. There are a huge variety of colours and reflections with each ty...

A short article over on ABC which can be found here talks breifly about Synthetic Opal. Synthetic Opal is becoming more and more common these days so its important to know what they are and what to look out for. The article outlines that Opal miners in South Australia are saying the sale of synthetic opals is crippling the industry. The problem being that it is not being properly policed and hence retailers are losing out. Some estimate to be around 300 million dollars a year. One quote from Opal buyer Tony Wong says the introduction of synthetic products has been a devastating blow for the...