Mexican opal rough and display specimens in cantera from the mines for collectors and lapidary work.

( b r u t o d e l ó p a l o y e s p e c í m e n e s e n c a n t e r a )

Handpicked by our miner friends, this excellect high quality opal rough in cantera makes for some great display specimens, some pieces can also be cut and polished to make high grade crystal gem and cantera cabochons. We are also offering high grade and commercial grade opal rough in cantera for the lapidarist, jeweler or the gemstone collector that wants a valuable quality gem stone investment.

ALL SPECIMENS ARE PHOTOGRAPHED WET.

Cornacopia Of Fire Opal
Blue multicolored fire oozing out the one side, while the other has a thick glaze of green multicolored fire.

Size: 54mm x 36mm x 38mm
Weight: 64.0 grams
Price: $129.00 usd
Product No. OPR774

Rare Deep Red Fire Opal
Very dark red opal with bright red multicolored fire, a very unique piece - will make an excellent collector cab.

Size: 27mm x 30mm x 20mm
Weight: 24.5 grams
Price: $99.00 usd
Product No. OPR770

Large Opal Specimen
Multicolored fire, opal size approximately 12mm x 14mm - great for display or will make an excellent cabochon.

Size: 55mm x 45mm x 31mm
Weight: 148.0 grams
Price: $35.00 usd
Product No. OPR776

Multicolor Glazed Fire Opal
A glaze of opal covers the one side of this beautiful specimen - the rainbows of fire are encased in 1mm to 3mm of crystal opal.

Size: 36mm x 27mm x 13mm
Weight: 18.0 grams
Price: $49.00 usd
Product No. OPR771

Gold Flake Mexico Opal
Unique opal specimen, will make an excellent pendant - inclusions give the illusion of flakes of gold - very bright stone.

Size: 48mm x 21mm x 10mm
Weight: 7.5 grams
Price: $25.00 usd
Product No. OPR777

Confetti Glaze Fire Opal
Hazy green opal with tons of fire, including a heavy patch or red flames - excellent display specimen, glaze approximately 1mm to 3mm thick.

Size: 33mm x 31mm x 11mm
Weight: 13.5 grams
Price: $39.00 usd
Product No. OPR772

Green Mexican Fire Opal
Long slice of cantera with a thick section of green multicolored fire in a crystal opal - nice specimen or can be made into a couple of firey cabochones.

Size: 105mm x 42mm x 16mm
Weight: 61.0 grams
Price: $42.00 usd
Product No. OPR775

Gem Crystal Opals
opalos gema cristal

Rough Opal Lots
opalo en bruto por lapidario

Thirty years ago opals were available in large quantities with super 'play of color' in almost every stone, over the years these exquisite pieces have disappeared as the opals were over-mined by the locals. Now high fire opal are not only in demand worldwide, but large specimens of opal and the quality of fire is getting harder to find. For every 100 kilos mined today, only a kilo or two is found to be of excellent quality material, this is what we at Mexico Gemstones have been selling online for the past three years... only the best opal available from the town of "La Trinidad" in Tequisquiapan. We purchase direct from a few select miners that we have befriended over the past couple of years, these are honest hardworking men that have been working the mines in the hills above their town for the past 35 years or more by hand. In fact until about five years ago, all rough was brought down the hills by man or by burro - alot of these miners today, still make the 3 km trip (each way) by foot almost every day of the year.

R O U G H O P A L L O T S I N C A N T E R A

$169.00 kilo (approx. 830 grams) $99.00 half kilo (approx. 430 grams)

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We just received 10 kilos of a mixture of high grade and extra fina opal in cantera, the cantera is a variety of dark, light tan and white textures - the stones in the photos above are from these lots. Most of the opals are excellent for cabbing, though you might receive an opal surface glazed specimen every now and then. The opals range in size from 6mm to approximately 24mm, excellent fire from a new pocket now being mined in La Trinidad, Queretaro.

We are selling in kilo lots, but we do have a couple half kilo lots available - ask for availability.
(we keep the kilo lots around 830 grams so you are not charged the extra shipping for over a kilo)

S H I P P I N G I N F O R M A T I O N All Items Shipped Via Mexico Postal Service - Sepomex.gob.mx
Weight (by grams)	N. America, C. America & Carribean	South America & Europe	Australia, Asia, (Rest of World)
1/2 KILO	$14.50 usd	$18.50 usd	$24.00 usd
1 KILO	$24.50 usd	$34.50 usd	$38.00 usd
*Over 2 kilos...*	(email us for a price quote - an alternative carrier may be cheaper than the standard Mexican Postal Service.) In this case we prefer UPS, but have FedEx, DHL and other carriers available at your request.
NO RETURNS ON RAW OPAL SPECIMANS OR ROUGH LOTS
Prices effective as of January 15, 2010

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