Another little bit of random interesting Opal news that we have come across is the following stories reported on over at AnnArbor.com.
First this story reported about a safe that having been untouched in years, after finding two gold bracelets underneath it, the building owner thought that it would be worth getting it broken into to find what precious items were hidden inside.
After six men with power tools and a semi-truck managed to get the massive safe, which weighed 8,500 pounds, open the treasure hunt produced a bunch of paper work and two little Opals worth $190 USD & $250. You ...
If you follow what's going on in the Opal industry it's very possible that you have seen the news about the Backpacker stealing $165,000 worth of Opal and that the trial is currently on hold. If you haven't heard about it, a German backpacker allegedly stole over $165,000 worth of Opals from the Coober Pedy Opal fields.
The trial is currently on hold due to to his Intopol status being investigated due to unlawful activity back in Germany. Let's hope we get to see justice being done as $165,000 is a lot of Opal and the rightful owners of that Opal deserve to see it. Our best wishes are with ...
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."...
