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Opal Hut

Opals from Opal Hut (link to their site)

 

Just a random slab chip that they sent me gratis!

 

lower-left opal area lower-right opal area upper Yowah area

This guy has, around each of the three main opal places, the
very dark / black stuff that really enhances the opalescence.

I reckon it’s “ironstone” (which must be arbitrarily close to hematite).

Click in each of the three regions to zoom.