107 Cts. HONDURAS BLACK MATRIX HONDURAN OPAL RUB ROUGH LOT 801 for Sale

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107 Cts. HONDURAS BLACK MATRIX HONDURAN OPAL RUB ROUGH LOT 801 For Sale

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107 Cts. HONDURAS BLACK MATRIX HONDURAN OPAL RUB ROUGH LOT 801:
$107.00

107 Cts. HONDURAS BLACK MATRIX HONDURAN OPAL RUB ROUGH LOT 801

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OPAL RUB!!! We have already primed the surfaces and edges. This opal needs very little or NO preparation;simply cut and polish into your desired final product.

This opal comes directly from theTablon mine in Honduras. This rough gemstone is ready to be cut and polishedinto any shape; perfect for fashioning into cabochons, beads, focal beads orusing as inlay.

NOTE: Most all thehost rock (basalt) has been removed from the pure opal seam to make sure thereis minimal waste.

PHOTOGRAPHS: Our pictures of roughopal are taken WET under a highintensity light and cropped to reveal the brilliance of the fire and othercolors embedded within the black matrix. With every movement of the stone, andaccording to the lighting conditions under which the stone is exposed, color,pattern and hue shifts and changes in genuine opal. Due to the intensity oflighting while taking our photos, an unavoidable white “arc” of light may bereflected from the lamp; it is not in the stone. Please be aware that differentcomputer, tablet or phone screens may result in a slight variation of thecharacteristic and/or color from the original gemstone.

Specifications are as follows:

Total Weight: 107 cts

Size: 52 mm x 30 mm x 8.9 mm

Treatment: SB Malls hasbeen dealing in Honduran opal since 2001.Rough opal, straight from the mine, is a porous material containing“potch” pockets (per the Honduran miners) that is surrounded with basalt (thinkporous lava). Untreated, opal is very difficult to work with due to the fragilenature of the material, and, when cut and polished, the end product not onlyhas a dull finish, but the intensity of the colors running throughout the opalis diminished and it is visibly full of tiny pores of “potch” pockets. Over theyears, we have worked hard to develop a treatment that not only hardens theopal and fills in the pores; it also removes most of the basalt, amplifies thegrain and pulls the flash of color of the remaining opal forward. The process is long and laborious, but wethink our buyers will appreciate the ease with which our opal is to work with,and the brilliance of the colors that pop out once the opal is cut and polishedinto a solid, smooth finished product.

SB Malls has been doingbusiness on since 2001 and have appreciatively developed a following withan A+ rating. Please feel free to checkout our responses.

For the past 12 years we haveestablished a residential compound in Siguatepeque, Honduras where we haveformed close personal friendships with many local artisans throughout CentralAmerica. We have brought you beautiful marble-like statutes from northernNicaragua, hand-hewed wooden dough bowls and gorgeous hand-crafted mahoganyitems from Honduras, beautiful pottery and crocodile shoes, boots and purses,etc. from all over Central America. Among other Central American goods, we arealso offering jadeite jade, which we acquired directly from the miners in theMotagua River Valley of Guatemala.

All SB Malls items are guaranteed to be authentic and ofthe highest quality.

FOREIGN PURCHASERS PLEASE NOTESHIPPING CRITERIA: Please contact us regardingshipping charges. NOTE: SB Malls will not be responsible for added duty, tax orpostal fees required in your Country. We will, however, mark invoices that theitems are a gift, sample, or other specified category at your request.