Untreated Welo Crystal Opal 11.06 (OOP1106)

11.06 Carat
Rainbow in Milky Water
Pattern: Intense Broad Flame
Transparent - Very Lightly Included

GRADING REPORT OOP1106

- Identification: Natural Unheated & Untreated Crystal Opal
- Carat: 11.06
- Shape: Double-sided Oval Low-Dome Cabochon
- Measures: 19.06x15.61x7.72 (millimeter)
- Body Color: Light Ochre / Milky Water
- Play of Color: Excellent (Intense)
- Pattern: Broad Flame
- Clarity: Transparent - Very Lightly Included
- Cutting Grade: Very Good
  - Finish: Very Good
  - Depth: 49%
- Origin: Ethiopia, Welo

Treatment: None

Certificate No: AIG G95136198BE

Overall Grade: Excellent

Comment: Weight and shape make this one of our biggest crystal opals in face-up dimensions, so far. AIG attested 'Intense Play of Color' which really is a show worth seeing, flashes of rainbow colored flames changing with every little move, be it ever so slightly, from grass green to flame red in a blink of an eye. The body-color (that is the hue without any opal-magic) can best be seen in the side-image, a watery ochre or milky water. Some may call this water-opal already but it needs to be clearer then, the body like clean water; and adding $10k. Bigger than most, but still affordable with all the color magic. A few (three or four) inclusions are too small to be perceived without lens or our 36fold images, and then only on the lower flat side. Speaking of sides, though cut as low cabochon, both sides are equally beautiful in their color-play; one with more green and yellow, the other with red. It will be hard to choose which to set to the front in jewelry, hence we suggest a rotatable frame pendant, doubling the potential, one side for weekdays, one for holidays. Let us handle the details.