What to Cut

BY RUSS KANIUTH

For many years, the only deposit of array of colors, ranging from deep rose pink pink opal was found in Peru. Then to almost white. Much of this material has in 2011, Glenn Archer of Australian beautiful swirling patterns and a brecciated Outback Mining discovered a new variation. The nice part of this new find is find in the Gascoyne region of Western the size; the seams seem much larger than Australia, just east of the coastal town of you would normally get from Peru, giving Carnarvon. This new pink opal comes in an you more space to design cabochons.

I may not have gotten the desired shape I originally intended, but the stone itself chose a shape for me and that always turns out beautifully. There’s nothing wrong with redesigning a cab on the fly when you lose a piece or a chip from your original design; the colors and patterns of this material will look great no matter what.”