[Jewelry making - Article 00287] - Re: [Orchid] Advice on buying Australian Opals

[Margaret Malm]

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    I certainly agree that Sydney prices are outrageous. And that the
    mining towns are a long way from Sydney. I made a trip, a few years
    ago, from the Yowah and Lightning Ridge areas to Brisbane, checking
    on prices at a few towns along the way, and the further away I got,
    the higher the prices were.  Then I flew to Sydney (enroute home) and
    the prices there were out of sight. Buying from the miners is good if
    you can do it, but they mostly sell only to the buyers who buy large
    parcels from them. But in Yowah (and perhaps other places) they have
    a Sunday afternoon sale during their (Winter) mining season, where
    you can buy direct from the miners. But what they have there is
    mostly second grade. Lots of chip jars, too. But I have occasionally
    seen some really spectacular stuff. 

Margaret Malm


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