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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Lapidary
Anyone treated fairy opal before?
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<blockquote data-quote="Matrix007" data-source="post: 630448" data-attributes="member: 22393"><p>Fairy opal is boulder opal matrix, rainbow matrix is a sandstone matrix from Andamooka it was called cement or concrete now rainbow matrix, it some times has small stones or just sand cemented together with Opal, it can be treated with sugar and heat to turn the sugar to carbon, Andamooka matrix is several types of sandstones that the Opal has saturated, some times the matrix can have too much Opal and can not be treated but good matrix can be treated with sugar and acid to turn the sugar to carbon, many people have special or secret ways to do this but you can find treatments on the net, painted ladys are formed when the Opal is liquefied and seeps into the cracks of rocks then solidifys and joins the rocks back together if they have colour they are called painted ladys if it is just potch inside they are called bitc..es there are many types of stones and rocks in the Opal levels quartzites agates and many more, if thease have been saturated with the liquid Opal for long enough even thease can be Opalised, I hope this is of some use to any body with the same interest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matrix007, post: 630448, member: 22393"] Fairy opal is boulder opal matrix, rainbow matrix is a sandstone matrix from Andamooka it was called cement or concrete now rainbow matrix, it some times has small stones or just sand cemented together with Opal, it can be treated with sugar and heat to turn the sugar to carbon, Andamooka matrix is several types of sandstones that the Opal has saturated, some times the matrix can have too much Opal and can not be treated but good matrix can be treated with sugar and acid to turn the sugar to carbon, many people have special or secret ways to do this but you can find treatments on the net, painted ladys are formed when the Opal is liquefied and seeps into the cracks of rocks then solidifys and joins the rocks back together if they have colour they are called painted ladys if it is just potch inside they are called bitc..es there are many types of stones and rocks in the Opal levels quartzites agates and many more, if thease have been saturated with the liquid Opal for long enough even thease can be Opalised, I hope this is of some use to any body with the same interest. [/QUOTE]
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Anyone treated fairy opal before?
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