Polished Opal Archives - Virgin Valley Precious Opals and Jewelry

Polished Opal

by Virgin Valley Opals | Jan 23, 2023 | Polished Opals, Specimen, Wood Opals

This is a polished wood Opal that has been cleaned and polished in a very detailed. Every gulch are at the end Polished by hand. You might also like https://virginvalleypreciousopals.com/product/polished-limb-opal/...

Wood bark replacement opal “The Broken Nail”

by Virgin Valley Opals | Sep 3, 2021 | Polished Opals, Specimen

This is a wood bark replacement opal "The Broken Nail". It weights 3.10 cts. The play of color are range between green and yellowish, blue and also little bit of red. It is good for specimen, jewelry inlay, or an other interesting project you work for.

Wood Opal “The Hidden Flashes”

by Virgin Valley Opals | Aug 13, 2021 | Polished Opals, Specimen, Wood Opals

"The Hidden Flashes" are 2 beautiful pieces of Woodopals that belong together. One part of The Hidden Flashes is bigger than the other one. It has been beautifully polished and the year rings are very well visible. Very flashy and colorful veins running through it.

Wood Opal | Opal Specimen |”The Dozer Conk’s Sibling Brother”

by Virgin Valley Opals | Aug 10, 2021 | Polished Opals, Specimen, Wood Opals

Incredibly rare! Millions of years ago a Fungus ate out channels into the wood. The so created cavities have then been filled in by the Opal gel. Over time the Opal gel hardened out to the opal we see today. That is what makes that kind of Opal pattern “Conk”. The Dozer Conk’s Sibling ( Brother) is one of those three wood opals conk that has been driven over with the Bulldozer, while preparing the bank in the Mine.

Wood Opal |Woodopal Specimen |”The Dozer Conk’s Sibling Sister (Flat)”

by Virgin Valley Opals | Aug 10, 2021 | Polished Opals, Specimen, Wood Opals

“The Dozer Conk’s Sibling Sister” is a rare Wood opal conk from virgin valley, Nevada. The wood areas which are filled with Opals have been eaten out by a fungus millions of years ago, then over the time filled up with Opal. This is an other piece of those 3 broken pieces that has been driven over by the Bulldozer , while bank preparing in the mine.

Wood Opal Specimen “The Foot”

by Virgin Valley Opals | Aug 12, 2021 | Polished Opals, Specimen, Wood Opals

"The Foot" is also a quite big Wood Opal Specimen. It weights 1606 grams and it's about a Foot long. Most matrix/basic color of this Wood Opal is yellow, green and also white on the edges.

Woodopal Specimen “THE HUMAN HEART”

by Virgin Valley Opals | May 3, 2021 | Polished Opals, Specimen, Wood Opals

"The Human Heart" is a very special rare wood opal specimen. It's the Rootstock of a Tree or Bush and very very slow grown as you can see from the year rings. That tree/bush had a very hard life because if you count the rings you'll get the exact age of it. If we find...