Most Expensive Opal Ever

It weighs about 17 000 carats and it s 99 real opal of even color.

Most expensive opal ever.

In the beautiful world of opals not all rocks are created equal. This pattern has been unique to black opals from lightning ridge and red fire is by far the most rare. As we already know opal is a valuable stone that forms out of silica and of course glows with an astonishing array of colors that you re bound to love. If you ever get the chance to visit the museum this opal is a must see.

A miner working his claim found the opal at a depth of 30 feet. The virgin rainbow world s most expensive opal. It was named in honor of the olympic games which were being held in melbourne at the time. Black opal with a body tone of n1 with this pattern can be worth around 5 000 to 30 000 per carat on the opal fields.

It literally glows in the dark. In fact as it gets darker around the opal the opal appears ever. Meet the virgin rainbow perhaps the finest and certainly the most expensive opal on record. This extraordinary opal consists of 99 gem opal with an even colour throughout the stone and is one of the largest and most valuable opals ever found.

The gemstone was found in eight mile coober pedy south australia in 1956 around the same time the summer olympic games were held in the country hence the name. The virgin rainbow opal is one of the most valued and the world finest opal ever unearthed because of its beauty that is out of this world.