Uncut gem, erupting with color gets cut open and polished

A Witches hat Nobby is unique to Lightning Ridge and is one of the strangest formations we get. It looks like a mini volcano.
Nobody really knows what they were or why they were formed in this way.

Opal hunters search far and wide for a gem like this one. The color bursting out the edges of this uncut gem temping the miner to either cut or sell it as it is.

Tune in and see if the opal cuts a $100 gem or a $10,000 gem. Enjoy the journey into this 110 million-year-old piece of opal and watch as it transforms before your eyes.

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