Posts Tagged ‘Opals’

What is a “picture” stone?

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Sometimes a gemstone can surprise us in very unexpected ways, painting a picture in the mind of the beholder.  A couple of years ago, I opened a shipment of opals from Lightning Ridge, Australia and was absolutely “rocked” by this magnificent boulder opal.

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Jeweler’s Tears, Chapter One

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

While photographing gems for our website, I was working with a really beautiful Australian opal, a “picture” stone with lots of bright red rolling flash. We shoot with a 100 mm f/2.8 macro lens mated to a Canon Rebel XT in our ImageDome, and can really get great close-ups.  Looking through the camera, I noticed […]

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