[Jewelry making - Article 00045] - Re: [Orchid] Advice on buying Australian Opals

[Kevin Kelly]

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    The same advice that was offered to the person's mother who is going
    to Thailand applies in this case.  Unless you have expertise you'd
    be better off going to Tucson. 

    You asked for an offline answer, but your question has general
    interest.  As I said elsewhere this is primarily an educational
    forum serving us all. 

    One last personal experience:  I've had people approach me at art
    fairs who had opals to sell which they had purchased in Australia
    where they had been on tours of opal cutting facilities which
    offered them wholesale prices.  They showed me the invoices they had
    received stating that these were wholesale prices. I don't believe
    they got good value.  As for buying via the web, opals are extremely
    difficult to photograph well.  What you think you see may not be
    what you get. K Kelly 


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