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YOWAH AND KOROIT OPAL Over 90% of all precious opal is mined in the dry and dusty opal fields of Australia's Outback. Precious opal, showing a "play of colours" or flash is very    rare and only found in around 1% of all opal. Yowah and Koroit are located approximately 1000 kilometres from the east coast of Australia, right in the heart of Outback Queensland. The opals from here are unlike opal anywhere else in the world. They are renowned for the beautiful and intricate patterns of precious and common opal that run right through the host rocks. Sometimes they are called "Aboriginal Art Opals" due to their resemblance to native Australian paintings. Even some stones with only common opal (potch) can be collectors pieces, with the patterns in the stone forming beautiful pictures. Picture stones are in high demand world-wide. The area is also famous for its opal "Nuts". These are ovaloid ironstone concretions that occasionally contain deposits of precious opal. About one Yowah Nut in every ten thousand has a centre of crystal opal.  Others have opal embedded into the shell of the Nut, with opal patterns running in concentric circles from the inside to the outside of the Nut. Yowah and Koroit opal is in great demand world-wide and makes beautiful jewellery or unique collectors pieces. We have been in love with these stones since we first saw them. We cut and polish all the stones that you can see on this site. All stones are 100% solid natural opals. We do not sell opal doublets or triplets and none of our stones are treated in any way. The colours and patterns of Yowah and Koroit are hypnotic. Once you own one opal you will want to own more. So take care! They are addictive!