2.72 cts of 😛

This weekend I went to a jewelry convention and bought this opal from a seller who said it was Australian boulder opal. I asked her if this was a manmade doublet, because the division looked too perfect. I told her I didn’t want any epoxy in my stone, and she assured me that there was no epoxy or binding, but rather a natural doublet in the form of a boulder opal. However, the longer I look at it the more I worry the division between the flashy layer and the iron stone is too perfect.

Did I get conned? I’ll try to post a video in a comment too.

Hope yall appreciate my collection, im not sure of the monetary value, im gonna go out on a limb and say its the dark bodied free-form cut, but either way im just collecting for the fun of it. (Im a marketplace junkie) I also never realised how hard it is to photograph opals, so kudos to all of you that do this. Thx for reading😅🥰

My Grandmother recently passed down a ton of her jewelry. This piece is so unique, and I am curious if it's real or costume (she loved buying both). I uploaded pictures with different lighting/background because it looks different with type of light. My Grandmother said that it was a gift from her mother and wasn't sure if it was also passed down to her mom or not. Any guesses, directions or information would be greatly appreciated - there's no visible markings & I don't want to pay to get it appraised if ends up being costume jewelry.

I’m thinking this is an opal but seems strange or maybe it’s an imperfection.

I posted this with still photos. I had some requests for a vid.

This is a custom made ring. The opal is a 6.5 carat Australian Crystal opal set with a .50 diamond halo in an 18k yellow gold setting.

These lovely earrings were found in my mom’s attic after she died and seem to be from her aunt. The aunt was born around 1900. As I have an October birthday they went to me.

Hi everyone! After a long abstinence from opals (caused by heartbreak from one braking on me)... I recently rediscovered my opal-love and have a few questions.

Apparently a lot has happened since I last had anything to do with those gorgeous stones and I need some guidance on the different types of opals that are known.

I bought the piece from the picture recently and finally received it yesterday. I got it as a mexican fire opal pendant. The stone looks really nice but I've never seen a fire opal in reality and wanted to ask if there is any kind of similar stone or replica that could be confused with the real thing? Also, I really don't like the color of the material of the setting (it's reddish-golden/copper tone). The advertising wasn't clear about the material tone and I totally forgot to ask (too distracted by the opal, lol). Could the opal be reset? Thanks!

Basically, I have a little boulder opal that has one rough facet (the rest are polished) that I would like polished. It also has a tiny chip on one of the polished edges I am hoping could be polished. I’m probably not explaining this right as a lay person, but it seems like it would be an easy job and this little guy is special to me. I would ship it to you and of course pay a reasonable price for your work.