28/09/2015
• Megan Austin
It is said that opal is the luckiest gemstone of all because it contains the colour of every other gemstone. According to MEGAN AUSTIN, this really does make Australia the lucky country for it provides more than 95 per cent of the world’s opal.
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31/08/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
An Australian opal that is said to be extremely rare has attracted overseas media attention in the lead-up to its first public appearance.
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19/05/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Australian opal is currently at the centre of a debate as to whether it should receive international recognition as a heritage stone.
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31/03/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
After years of difficult trading, the Australian opal industry looks set for a resurgence with a number of local suppliers recording strong sales over the past 12 months.
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27/05/2014
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Local and international demand for Australian opal is on the rise, according to the organiser of an upcoming opal exhibition.
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29/10/2013
• Megan Austin
Will the Australian opal industry ever outgrow its association with poor quality, mass-produced triplet jewellery? And what about those rumours that opal is bad luck? Megan Austin goes digging.
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27/08/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
Gemstones and opals will be given a “major boost” at this year’s Sydney jewellery fair, fuelled by two new dedicated product pavilions – one for each category.
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23/07/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
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11/06/2013
• Jeff Salton • Assistant Editor
Most jewellers are aware that about 95 per cent of the world’s opals are produced (mined) in Australia’s Red Centre. But scientists now believe they might also exist on the Red Planet – Mars.
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23/05/2013
• Andrew Cody
It’s unfair that opal has a bad name in Australia. It can be attributed to poorly made jewellery, paper thin doublets that would easily chip, and tacky souvenirs created for the tourist market, harking back to the 80s.
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30/04/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
The Queensland Boulder Opal Association has announced that registrations are now open for its annual jewellery design awards.
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22/03/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
In a coup for Australia, its national gemstone, opal, has been named the “feature” gemstone for the first-ever government supported mineral, fossil and gem show in China.
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14/06/2011
• Sonia Nair
Brisbane-based gem company Opal Horizon has launched a comprehensive quantifiable opal grading system as the first step in a global marketing effort to restore confidence in the gemstone.
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31/05/2011
• Sonia Nair
Australia’s national gemstone is being celebrated in the inaugural Cody Australian Opal Centre Photographic Prize, a nationwide photography competition designed to promote opal and opal fields.
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