How to test for Treated or Fake Opals! | Opal Auctions

The popularity of Opals has exploded in the last few years. Buyers always need to be on the look out and do their best at knowing how to identify fake Opal.
In this video you will see real samples of natural, treated and fake opal and learn how to see the difference and test them.
Thanks for watching, Opal Lovers.
Special thanks to : Paul Sedawie @SedaOpals
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[@ThatOpalGuy]

thanks for posting this. people really need to stop being deceptive but we know this will never happen

[@faridhasansazali2256]

thank you for sharing this informational video.

[@smotyn88]

this was a really helpful video - thank you guys - Natassa clearly knows what she's talking about!

[@user-nj6gx6we1w]

yeah she really gets straight to the point. thats appreciated. when someone is straight to the point, its because the video isnt about themself. these videos are needed, because Opals got very popular after that Adam Sandler movie Uncut Gems came out.

[@melaniemaxfield596]

Nice video, but I think the maths is wrong... she is dividing the weight of the stone in air by the weight of the stone in water alone, NOT by the weight of the stone in air MINUS the weight of the stone in water (as is shown in her example equation). In the case of the dyed Ethiopian stone, the equation should read: 19.45 carats/(19.45 carats - 11 carats) = a specific gravity of 2.3, not 1.7. But the video is very helpful -- thanks for posting!

[@bonusben3486]

what shes measuring is the buoyant force of the stone in water. the weight in water is ~ the weight in air minus the buoyant force in water

[@amberty2002]

Yeah, the math is wrong. It is 2.30, not 1.7

[@amberty2002]

5.8 /(5.8-2.9) = 2.0 and 19.45/(19.45-11) = 2.3

[@fast03vette4me]

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[@YoureNotSoSmartBro]

this video is like 40 percent correct....

[@MrJasontm2386]

Amazing video 👍👍 thanks guys

[@stevenromero9348]

Hi guys ! I’m a very big fan of y’all’s work and the things you guys post on opal auctions ! Great video !

[@lolitamike9609]

Very interesting info! THX!

[@akoski12]

Very much thank you for this video! I know it has been really requested on the opal reddit community.

[@nachospopthe3rd564]

Omg guys thank you for this I have been looking for this info for a while

[@lyunn0514]

This video is very valuable 😮

[@heavensanchor6055]

Are natural, not dyed ethiopian opal also floureszent?

[@vegasflyboy67]

Thanks for doing this. I don't know what my problem is with Opal, but I got it bad.

[@syarifidayat]

So is it fully black inside? I mean if we cut that smoked black opal, is inside of that smoked black opal is also black or what?

[@marianaer5608]

thank you for the video!

[@Crow-xm3nm]

Thank you! Any advice on Indonesian opals would be much appreciated!!!

[@rogerhargreaves2272]

Great demonstration. Thank you.

[@ComputerGameAmbience]

I have plenty of natural black ethiopian opal, for many years the industry refused to aknowlage that black ethiopian opal existed because it cut into their profits.

[@malaypeople2868]

uv test is the best and easiest way i think.. thanks for the video 👍

[@1258eby]

Thank you!!!

[@robinyarborough4727]

She shows an interest in music

[@amberty2002]

Did you forget your own mathematical formula? Cos 5.8 /(5.8-2.9) = 2.0 and 19.45/(19.45-11) = 2.3

[@lastersilva534]

Thanks from sri Lanka.

[@Mass-jab-death-2025]

Is the lady presenting a natural black or a dyed natural or a synthetic ? How can we test ?

[@2degucitas]

This is very useful thanks

[@LicoInvestments]

Great video! Thanks.

[@EpicsodeOne]

I can still see this wonder of a harlequin-like opal on the site. I'm still eying it tho.

[@susantbiswal586]

Thank you universe Thank you universe Thank you universe

[@anthonybianconi2185]

Hi, thank you for the video, do you know if a clarity enhanced opal by being heat treated changes the value of a stone and by what estimation?

[@YoureNotSoSmartBro]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stevenstern2199]

Dyed smoked opal to me a fine jeweler is WORTHLESS.

[@benjiemadanlo8639]

I have sone question sir if its okay with you

[@jamesfancher7508]

i still haven't found a dye for ethiopian that works. i've treated it with base to get sodium ions into the framework and then introduced different metal ions to some interesting effects. but no black. i tried india ink, they got wet but not black, those are some small pores! don't worry i would disclose to people that i did what i did.

[@alikhankhan5613]

Very good thanks

[@lloydolds4249]

Very informative !

[@dcallan812]

Some great information. Some of the Wello opal looks great, but I always stay away from the dyed ones. Will the Wello opal weigh in water be affected by the amount of water it contains already? Just the ethiopian opals absorb water easily.

[@user-fk3wr6ck4s]

Use a UV torch

[@amigo8872]

tank you!

[@user-gw4cd3bg8i]

Немыслимая красота!!!! Строгий "чёрный" + озорной "радужный" в одном камне..... Несочетаемое сочетается, и, получается, ВЗРЫВ эмоций!!!!! Вряд ли, кого-то, этот камень, оставит равнодушным....

[@ChitoGuzman-cc2nl]

Muy bonito opalo pero cuál es la opinión que tienen sobre el opalo mexicano el opalo de fuego

[@leesass3602]

Your website and your opal info is by far the best to be found, thank you. So much BS out there

[@_Oldtailor_]

I need

[@khanpathan79]

Thanks so much madam

[@Pandagurl218]

Do these test also apply to Opal already mounted in jewelry?

[@YoureNotSoSmartBro]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ayalewgebregiorgis3287]

Seems like a Propaganda for Australian Opal. Please see your calculation, The specific gravity of Ethiopian Opal is 2.3 based on your own formula.

[@GeminiSound]

In order to make a fair comparison they should have compared treated and untreated opals from the same area (compared Ethiopian with Ethiopian and Australian with Australian). This video gives the viewers the false impression that Ethiopian opals in are fake. They did not even mention once that there are natural black opals in Ethiopia. Quite disappointing for a video that is supposed to give information.

[@GeminiSound]

Yes, indeed, the calculation in the video was wrong!

[@YoureNotSoSmartBro]

yeah pretty sketch

[@YoureNotSoSmartBro]

@@GeminiSound yup

[@zafarsoomro5400]

Ok

[@aung3627]

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[@richardtaihitu6157]

😱😱 Thank you very much for the explanation, so I can know the difference between real black opal and fake black opal.

[@qadirkhan5169]

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[@LilySapphire-de5yg]

There are no fake opals from Ethiopia.

[@sonuverma2796]

Mem how to inhance firing of opal .

[@frontbattles8090]

You forgot the triplet opal..

[@fast03vette4me]

Wello is awesome opal but fakes and to much water in some, spook me away.

[@stevenstern2199]

Most Ethiopian opal THAT IS black is dyed or smoked. Fact. And unless you have a Lab Cert by experts like Stone Lab Groups it is dyed. Caution opal auction buyers. I have sent many black Ethiopian opal sold as Not Dyed only science proving otherwise. I have been cutting....buying..,,making..,,selling fine jewelry since 1969

[@Shaz8673]

I'm disappointed to see this vdo. Thou the information is good but seems like you are running your own business of Australian opals so for u all ethopian opals are fake.

[@ncdave4]

Speaking into a barrel is probably NOT the best venue for this explanation.. lapel mics are cheap..

[@_Oldtailor_]

Whatspp do

[@magicwandm]

Guys I've a fake one 😔 27$ wasted.

[@sheypanadoyle46]

Please get a better microphone the echo is terrible sounds like you're in a bathroom.

[@Ethi912]

To be honest all foreign buy from Ethiopia! But this video wrong impression about Ethiopian opals ! So do ur won business let us do our own business ! Our opals best opal on earth 🌍 u will see next 5for 6 years we control world market!

[@NI-xm1mo]

chill