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The Pride of Australia Opal |
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The Pride of Australia Opal is one of the most famous opals in the world. This wonderful opal is also known as the Red Emperor Opal. This beautiful piece was found at Phone Line in 1915. The credit of finding this unique opal goes to Tom Urwin and Snowy Brown. The Pride of Australia Opal was a big size opal, which was cut to a 225 carat stone. This big size stone is the size of a tobacco tin.
The Pride of Australia Opal displays two distinct color bars. The backside of the opal is much lighter and almost harlequin. The other side exhibits dark, rich flashes of color. The Pride of Australia Opal was bought by Ernie Sherman around 1920. Ernie Sherman bought this lovely opal along with three other opals for £2000, which was the highest price ever, paid for four black opals.
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Some of the famous opals are:
- The Pride of Australia Opal: This is also known as the Red Emperor Opal.
- The Aurora Australis Opal: This opal is considered to be the most valuable black opal.
- The Andamooka Opal: This opal was presented to Queen Elizabeth II and also known as the Queen's Opal.
- The Olympic Australis Opal: This is known to be the largest and most valuable gem opal ever found.
- The Empress of Australia Opal
- The Black Prince Opal: This is originally known as Harlequin Prince.
- The Flamingo Opal
- The Halley's Comet Opal: This is the world's largest uncut black opal.
- The Red Admiral Opal: This is also known as the Butterfly Stone.
- The Jupiter Five Opal
- The Fire Queen Opal
- The Flame Queen Opal
The Pride of Australia Opal is one of the most precious opals, which was priced £2000 on its own in 1931. This rare piece of opal was sold from the Percy Marks Collection, Sydney in the 1950s. The Pride of Australia Opal has a lovely green-shot-with-orange black color which gives it a stunning look.
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