Natural Collector Quality Ethiopian Opals: Large Ethiopian Opals, Fine Ethiopian Opals & Rare Quality Ethiopian Opals
Natural Ethiopian Opal items in our online Opal Store!
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Here at mineralminers.com, we do not have any lab-created opal, we only have real natural opals that formed inside the earth.
We offer natural Ethiopian opal gem grade rough and mineral specimens for use as collector quality mineral specimens just as they are, or they can be set in jewelry "as is". They also can be handcrafted into carvings and cabochon gems of natural solid opal with beautiful color play!
We grade our Ethiopian opal gemstones from the lowest to the highest quality as follows: commercial quality - fine quality - very fine quality - extra fine quality.
When natural opal shows a play of colors it is known as precious opal. Precious opals are rare in nature and have been highly prized by man for thousands of years.
Here at mineralminers.com, we do not have any lab-created opal, we only have real natural precious opals that formed naturally inside the earth! Precious opal is being mined actively today at several locations around the world; the most famous are mining areas are in Australia and in Ethiopia.
We specialize in 100% natural untreated real opal that was mined in the Ethiopia!
The precious opal deposit near Delanta in the Welo Province of Ethiopia is producing very stable jewelry grade opal with amazing bright plays of green, red, blue, and orange colors in beautiful patterns. This Ethiopian opal is completely natural and has proven to be just as hard and stable as fine Australian opal and Brazilian opal!
The body color of this natural Ethiopian opal ranges from golden-brown to white to colorless to blue, and the transparency varies from translucent to crystal clear. Some of these natural Ethiopian opals tend to absorb water and change their transparency and colors if placed in water, and then they recover their original play of color and transparency after being removed from the water and drying out. This type of natural opal is known as hydrophane opal.
We are offering a hand-picked selection of wonderful 100% natural Ethiopian opals set into unique handcrafted real opal jewelry designs! They are so beautiful - be sure to see them!
Right now, we are also offering natural raw opal pieces in a variety of sizes and qualities including some Ethiopian opal gem rough specimens that will yield beautiful flawless precious opal gemstones!See our selection of real opal gemstones which were handcrafted from some of these Ethiopian opal gem rough specimens. Be sure to see our real opal jewelry items set with these genuine opal gemstones!
In addition to our beautiful Ethiopian opal mineral specimens and gemstones, we also have pages displaying Australian opal jewelry designs including natural boulder opal jewelry.
We have several earring styles available in Welo opal earrings and Ethiopian opal earrings, and also a selection of Ethiopian opal necklaces.
See our entire selection of Ethiopian opal jewelry.
We offer a variety of other opal items available including opal rough specimens.
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See the links below for a selection of superior quality natural Ethiopian opal jewelry.
We have a very large variety of unique styles and different sizes available in natural boulder opal jewelry and in natural Ethiopian opal jewelry.
We have finely crafted opal jewelry designs available in both 14k gold and in 925 sterling silver.
Our natural Ethiopian opal gemstones are set into wonderful opal bracelets, pendants, earrings, and opal necklaces with irridescent flashes of natural colors inside.
We also have many different styles and sizes available in handcrafted Ethiopian opal rings set in 925 sterling silver.
Be sure to take a look at our Ethiopian opal ring designs set with amazing natural opals showing beautiful flashes of green, red, orange and blue natural colors!
For additional opal information, see our opal page for natural opal facts & background info including opal history, occurance, and opal physical properties.
Each of our opal jewelry designs is a hand crafted design. We have a very large variety of genuine opal jewelry designs available:
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