Opal and Gemstone Store

Black Opal

Black Opal. Mineshaft has a large range of black opals.This page shows pictures of some of our black opal loose stones. These are from Lighning Ridge or from Mintabie Opal fields. Many have been found in our own mines and most have been cut by Peter. For more information or extra pictures please e mail us. (Go to.... About Us and move down to Contact Us)

Black Opal solids

This is a selection of black opal. Click on the image to enlarge.

Black Opal from Lightning Ridge or Mintabie opal field

More black opal from Lighning Ridge or Mintabie Opal fields. Click on image for a larger picture.

Six Black Opals

Here are six black opals. Click on image for a larger picture.

Four Black Opals

Here are four more Black Opals. Click on image for larger picture.

Special price $100 boxes of solid black opals

These boxes are incredable value. Just click on the image for a closer look. Each box contains at least 12 carats of beautifully cut solid black opals. These would have to be the best value black opals available anywhere. We will often sell several of these to the same customer in our shop. They are great as give aways. We have many local silversmiths buy these for their jewellery

Special $100 box solid black opals

This is a typical box of solid black opals we sell for just A$100. You cannot buy better value for money then this

Special price $100 black opal solid box

Here is another typical A$100 special price box of black opals. You can see that the quality is consistent between boxes. These truely are great value!

Unusual large Mintabie black opal

This Mintabie black opal weighs 24 carats. It measures 38mm x 16mm so is quite large. The pattern is quite unusual and has a lot of red on a blue green base. The price is A$3,500

Giant Mintabie black opal with large matching pair

This is a giant black opal from Mintabie opal fields. It weighs a massive 181 carats and measures 80 mm x 40mm x 7mm. The back has been left rough. The price is open to offer and a serious offer will be considered. This is the biggest single black opal from our Watertank claim.

The matching pair was cut from the next piece of black opal rough in the pocket. They weigh a total of 12.1 carats and measure 17mm x 12mm. The price for the pair is A$3,500 Click on the image for more detail. Click again for even closed view.

Large freeform semi black opal

This artistic freeform semi black opal measures 37mm by 20mm and weighs 15.9 carats. The price is A$3180. Click on image for a larger picture.

Semi black opal solid

This semi black opal measures 15mm by 12mm and weighs 4 carats. The colours are a lot stronger then a picture can show. The price is A$1500 Click on image for a larger picture.

Large freeform black opal

This is a large freeform black opal from Lightning Ridge. It weighs 17.5 carats and measures 26mm x 22mm x 10mm. The price is only A$525 and would make a unique pendant

Large Mintabie black opal

This is a large multicoloured semi black opal from our Water Tank claim at Mintabie opal fields. It weighs 18.4 carats and measures 33mm x 11mm x 4.5mm. The price is A$5500

1 carat Black opal from Lighning Ridge

This is a nice small 1 carat Lighning Ridge black opal. It is a bright stone that shows a good play of colour from green to blue. The price is A$300

Black Opal 9.5 carats

This is a large black opal of 9.5 carats. It has a nice blue flash. The opal measures 16 mm x 15 mm x 6mm. The price is A$400 plus postage. Click on the image for a larger picture.

Black Opal 2.2 carats

This black opal was found on the upper level of our Water Tank claim at Mintabie Opal Fields. It is multi coloured and weighs 2.2 carats. It measures 14 mm x 9mm and the price is A$1750 plus postage. Click on the image for a larger picture.

Semi-black opal 2.7 carats

This is a multi coloured semi black opal from our Water Tank claim at Mintabie Opal Fields. It weighs 2.7 carats and the price is A$2000 plus postage. Click on the image for a larger picture.

semi black opal from Mintabie Opal fields

This is a nice semi black crystal opal from our Water Tank claim At Mintabie Opal fields. It measures 26 mm x 6.5 mm and weighs 6 carats. The price is A$2400. Click on the image for a larger picture.

Black Opal pair

Here is a nice small pair of black opals. They measure 7 mm x 5 mm and weigh as total of 1.1 carats. The price is A$ 350 plus postage. We have many more similar black opal matching pairs. Click on the image for a larger picture.

Seam Mintabie semi-black Opal specimen

A nice specimen of Mintabie semi-black seam opal. This pices comes from a claim I had at Goose's in Mintabie Opal field. The specimen measures 80 mm x 60 mm x 30 mm and weighs 126 grams. The price is A$200 plus postage.