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HPJ REFERENCE POINT: WORLD CLASS 7.72 CT MUSEUM GRADE TSEHAY MEWCHA ETHIOPIAN OPAL R94,000.00

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HPJ REFERENCE POINT: 116
Bob Shop ID:
141859240

 

HPJ RARE EARTH NATURALLY GUARANTEED
Reference Point: 115      
From time to time, and usually on the Weekend Special Auction, HPJ will select a single gemstone that we consider to be of sufficient quality that it can truly be called ‘world class’. 
 
STUNNING WORLD CLASS MUSEUM GRADE/STANDARD 7.72 CARAT TSEHAY MEWCHA ETHIOPIAN TRANSPARENT BLUE NEON OPAL.
 
  
 
BRIGHTNESS IS RATED ON A 1 TO 5 SCALE AS BELOW:
 
1. OPAL HAS COLOUR BUT IS FAIRLY DULL
2. OPAL HAS FAIR COLOUR BUT IS STILL FAIRLY DULL
3. OPAL HAS GOOD COLOUR AT ARMS LENGTH
4. OPAL IS BRIGHT AND COLOUR CRISP AT ARMS LENGTH.
5. OPAL IS BRILLIANT AND COLOUR CRISP AND HIGHLY APPARENT.
 
CARAT WEIGHT: 7.72 CARATS
DIMENSIONS: 15.0 x 15.0 x 7.7mm 
BRIGHTNESS: 5
COLOUR: EXTREME CLEAR METALLIC BLUE ROLLING FLASH MULTICOLOUR PLAY
CUT: ROUND CABOCHON
ORIGIN: TSEHAY MEWUCHA, ETHIOPIA
TREATMENTS: NONE
 
Ethiopian Welo/Wello Opal is a relatively new find. It has some of the most amazing patterns of any Opal, and plays of colour that reflect shades of light seen nowhere else in the natural world.
  
  
Mining at Tsehay Mewcha is a highly hazardous occupation indeed, and fatal accidents are very numerous (out of one thousand miners, 80 died in one year) mainly caused by collapsing rocks or falls from the soaring cliffs.
 
 
 
The prices on the International gem markets for quality Ethiopian Opal is spiralling upwards at a rate rarely seen in the gemstone world. It is without question a strictly limited resource, and this factor drives the demand, which shows no sign of abating.
 
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