It was named in honor of the olympic games which were being held in melbourne at the time.
Most expensive opal ever.
A miner working his claim found the opal at a depth of 30 feet.
Black opal with a body tone of n1 with this pattern can be worth around 5 000 to 30 000 per carat on the opal fields.
If you ever get the chance to visit the museum this opal is a must see.
Royal one the most expensive opal to date.
In fact as it gets darker around the opal the opal appears ever.
This extraordinary opal consists of 99 gem opal with an even colour throughout the stone and is one of the largest and most valuable opals ever found.
It literally glows in the dark.
Meet the virgin rainbow perhaps the finest and certainly the most expensive opal on record.
Olympic australis is the second most expensive opal stone.
It weighs about 17 000 carats and it s 99 real opal of even color.
The gemstone was found in eight mile coober pedy south australia in 1956 around the same time the summer olympic games were held in the country hence the name.
Beautiful opals have been unearthed but the virgin rainbow opal stands out from the rest with its unique feature of outstanding beauty.
The virgin rainbow world s most expensive opal.
As we already know opal is a valuable stone that forms out of silica and of course glows with an astonishing array of colors that you re bound to love.