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The Empress of Australia Opal |
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The Empress of Australia Opal is a remarkable precious opal in the world. This majestic opal was mined from the Phone Line. The opal was found in the year 1915. The credit of finding this beautiful opal goes to Urwin and Brown. The Empress of Australia Opal was first known as ‘Kaleidoscope Queen’. Then it came to be known as ‘Tartan Queen’. When the opal was first brought out it measured 3 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches. The Empress of Australia Opal was then cut and shaped out in a nice way so that the glowing patches of red in it were revealed to the maximum, making it a wonderful gem.
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The opals are one of the beautiful gems, which are used in jewelries. Some of the opals are rare, expensive and known for revealing stunning colors. The Empress of Australia Opal is one of the famous opals in the world.
Some of the famous opals are:
- The Red Admiral Opal: This is also known as the Butterfly Stone.
- The Aurora Australis Opal: This opal is considered to be the most valuable black opal.
- The Empress of Australia Opal
- The Flame Queen Opal
- The Fire Queen Opal
- The Black Prince Opal: This is originally known as Harlequin Prince.
- The Pride of Australia Opal: This is also known as the Red Emperor Opal.
- The Flamingo Opal
- The Halley's Comet Opal: This is the world's largest uncut black opal.
- The Andamooka Opal: This opal was presented to Queen Elizabeth II and also known as the Queen's Opal.
- The Jupiter Five Opal
- The Olympic Australis Opal: This is known to be the largest and most valuable gem opal ever found.
The Empress of Australia Opal is a unique opal, which shows a magnificent red color and weighs around 500 carats. The Empress of Australia Opal can claim of being one of the most colorful black opal. Later on, The Empress of Australia Opal was broken and almost same two matching stones were cut out of the original one.
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