88 Cts. HONDURAS BLACK MATRIX HONDURAN OPAL RUB ROUGH LOT 986(PLEASE SEE OUR OTHER BLACK MATRIX PRODUCTS IN OUR SB MALLS STORE ON )
TREATMENT: SB Malls hasbeen dealing in Honduran opal since 2001.Rough opal, straight from the mine, is a porous material containing“potch” pockets (per the Honduran miners) that is surrounded with basalt (thinkporous lava). Untreated, opal is very difficult to work with due to the fragilenature of the material, and, when cut and polished, the end product not onlyhas a dull finish, but the intensity of the colors running throughout the opalis diminished and it is visibly full of tiny pores of “potch” pockets. Over theyears, we have worked hard to develop a treatment that not only hardens theopal and fills in the pores; it also removes most of the basalt, amplifies thegrain and pulls the flash of color of the remaining opal forward. The process is long and laborious, but wethink our buyers will appreciate the ease with which our opal is to work with,and the brilliance of the colors that pop out once the opal is cut and polishedinto a solid, smooth finished product.
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