Where does Opal Gemestone come from ?
More than 90% of the world's precious opals come from Australia, and the rest can be found in other parts of the world such as Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Czech Republic, Ethiopia and USA.
Opals from Mexico (called "Mexican Opal") has more water and is transparent or extremely translucent. On the other hand, opals from Australia usually are not called "Australian Opal" but have different names depending on different types. There are several ways to categorise these opals, but here we are going to tell you the most common way.
There are three types of opal mined in Australia and they are White Opal, Boulder Opal and Black Opal.
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