Choosing an opal is like searching for a soul mate.

The real mystique and value of opals lies in the intangible rather than measurable. Yet, just like with a soul mate, you have to understand opals to appreciate them fully.

Below here are some fundamental rules employed in valuing opals

The darker the body tone of an opal, the higher value for the same quality and size lighter opal.

Red in an opal is more valuable than orange, than yellow than purple, than green, than blue.

The more colours in one opal, the more exciting that opal is.

The broader and more defined opal pattern, the rarer the opal.

The more brilliant opal colour play, the pricier the opal.

Opals that engage with their full face all the time are very rare and thus most valuable.

The cleaner an opal’s face, the more valuable that opal is.

At Opal Minded we insist you only take home an opal piece that would give you the astonishing sensation of finding something unquestionably unique.

At Opal Minded, each opal piece comes with a “Certificate of Authenticity” which states the origin and other qualities of the piece. Opals from our own mines often come with a handshake of John Bernard who delivered them to the store from the harshness of Jundah opal mines.