TOL-0005 · available
Pastel Boulder Opal Pear — 8.05 ct
Natural, solid, untreated Australian opal, cut from rough by The Opal Ledger. Exact-stone photographs, silent video, scale and approximate caliper measurements are included.
Asking price: $245 USDLoose stone only. Tax, shipping, and setting are not included.
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Stone record
- Ledger ID
- TOL-0005
- Weight
- 8.05 ct
- Dimensions
- Approx. 16 × 13 × 6 mm (L × W × thickness)
- Shape
- Freeform pear
- Cutting style
- Polished cabochon
- Opal type
- Queensland boulder opal with natural ironstone host
- Body tone
- Light body
- Transparency
- Semi-translucent
- Visible colors
- pink, blue, green, yellow, orange
- Pattern
- Fine pastel multicolor flecks
- Directionality
- Color and brightness change with lighting and viewing angle
Dimensions are read from the caliper photographs and rounded to whole millimeters. Confirm the actual stone's measurements with a jeweler before choosing a setting.
Disclosure record
Construction, treatment, and evidence
- Construction
- solid
- Treatment
- untreated
- Origin and evidence
- Queensland, Australia · Evidence: seller stated
- Condition
- The pale diagonal feature is a stable natural formation, possibly an inclusion, not a crack, as confirmed by the cutter. The brown material is natural ironstone host matrix.
- Lighting and media
- Photographs show the exact stone under different lighting and angles. Camera and display settings affect appearance. The silent website showcase is a selected excerpt from the matching recording, with no artificial color or lighting enhancement. The original recording is preserved.
- Exact-stone statement
- The record media identifies the exact stone described.
Purchase provenance
Purchased in the rough from Broken River Mining at the Kino gem show, Tucson.
Firsthand purchase and cutting history recorded by The Opal Ledger.
Pink, blue, green, yellow and orange flecks shift across the broad face of this 8.05 ct Queensland boulder opal. Its freeform pear outline retains the natural ironstone host around and behind the color-bearing opal.
You will receive this exact loose stone. One stone only; no setting or finished jewelry is included.
Weight and measurements
Scale photographs read 8.050 and 8.045 ct on separate weighings; listed as approximately 8.05 ct. Approximate dimensions: 16 × 13 × 6 mm (length × width × thickness), read from the caliper photographs and rounded to whole millimeters. Have a jeweler measure the actual stone before choosing or making a setting.
Material and cutting history
Natural, untreated, solid one-piece Australian opal, cut from rough by The Opal Ledger. Origin and purchase history come from our firsthand acquisition and cutting records. No laboratory report accompanies this stone.
Origin: Queensland, Australia. Purchased in the rough from Broken River Mining at the Kino gem show, Tucson, then cut by The Opal Ledger.
Condition
The pale diagonal feature is a stable natural formation, possibly an inclusion, not a crack, as confirmed by the cutter. The brown material is natural ironstone host matrix.
Photographs and video
Photographs and silent video show this exact stone. No artificial color or flash enhancement. Color changes with lighting, angle, camera and display. The silent showcase is a selected excerpt from the matching recording.
Availability
Asking price: $245 USD, excluding tax, shipping and setting. View this exact stone on Etsy. Download the stone card.