10.0ct ETHIOPIAN WELO TIFFANY QUALITY CLEAR OPAL ROUGH
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WAS MARKED AT $99.50 AT LAST ROCK AND GEM SHOW 10.0 ETHIOPIAN WELO TIFFANY QUALITY CLEAR JELLY OPAL ROUGH YOU GET PICTURED Welo opal was only just discovered in 2007 in the Welo Amhara Regional State in Ethiopia. These brilliant opals are quickly gaining attention within the opal community. Welo opal was a huge success at the recent Tucson international gem show. They are just as stable as the better known Australian opals and their vibrant color display rivals all of the highest grade opals worldwide. Welo opals have a very high brightness level of at least 4 to 5 on the brightness scale with multiple hot neon colors running throughout. Their color play is often times as bright in artificial indoor light as it is in direct sunlight. ******** Ethiopian Welo opals are found within rhyolitic deposits; the same type of geologic formation as the better known Australian opal. They are not desert opals. This opal is being mined from the Abyssinian Highland Plateau between 2.500 – 3.200 meters above sea level. They are the most stable opal specimens to be mined out of Ethiopia to date! The price of the opal has risen drastically over the past few months and will only continue to become more and more valuable. AS YOU MAY KNOW, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE PICTURES OF OPAL AS THE EYE SEES IT. THIS SPECIMEN IS VERY HIGH END QUALITY WITH
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