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Post by parfive on Feb 22, 2022 15:26:24 GMT -5
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NDK
Cave Dweller 
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Post by NDK on Feb 22, 2022 15:41:44 GMT -5
Wow!
What would be interesting is the original amount paid for that beauty. I'd bet it was top dollar for the time but seem like pennies nowadays.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 22, 2022 16:09:27 GMT -5
That price seems low.  |
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rewdownunder
spending too much on rocks
Member since March 2012
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Post by rewdownunder on Feb 22, 2022 16:13:31 GMT -5
I love that piece. Shot those photos to my friends in Queensland as soon as I saw them. I am sure I will get photos and comments back soon about "big opals". For now just a few shots of large Boulder Opals Mined by Broken River Mining   I have had the pleasure of displaying. I was able to visit almost all the Opal mining areas in Australia when I was there in 2007 and 2008 but Boulder Opal is my favorite. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 22, 2022 16:16:00 GMT -5
Niiiice! I'm envious. I'm sure you've seen some killer opals!
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Feb 22, 2022 19:39:55 GMT -5
Good deal for the buyer. $1,500/oz for opal like that from the Olympic field is a price I would've paid - if I had a spare $100K lying around.
You'd pay that much - or more, as rockjunquie suggested - for any comparable Olympic opal these days. For relatively small pieces.
To have about 82.5 ounces of opal like that would be awesome. Five pounds. But it was broken - so nevermind... .
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