In this section you will find a range of interesting opalised materials that are suitable for display purposes. Collectors of rocks, minerals or fossils are certain to find something that interests them here.
Many of the items are polished or ‘cleaned
In this section you will find a range of interesting opalised materials that are suitable for display purposes. Collectors of rocks, minerals or fossils are certain to find something that interests them here.
Many of the items are polished or ‘cleaned’ and show a diversity of colour and patterns. Unlike opal usable as gem stone or in jewellery items, this material is best used as a conversation piece.
Some make great paperweights.
The majority of our opalised fossils are marine organisms, with snails and ‘bivalve’ molluscs the most common. A few of our specimens are parts of ‘echinoderms’ (i.e.’ spiny skinned’ animals like primitive star fish). Sometimes we also have opalised squid tub