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

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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25 Comments

  1. Roger Hargreaves on November 8, 2021 at 9:17 am

    Great demonstration. Thank you.



  2. Jody Roussel on November 8, 2021 at 9:18 am

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



  3. * Crow * on November 8, 2021 at 9:19 am

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



  4. InvestMore on November 8, 2021 at 9:22 am

    Great video! Thanks.



  5. Mariana Er on November 8, 2021 at 9:22 am

    thank you for the video!



  6. Oliana 12 on November 8, 2021 at 9:23 am

    Thank you!!!



  7. Amigo on November 8, 2021 at 9:27 am

    tank you!



  8. ujjwal gamez on November 8, 2021 at 9:28 am

    I need



  9. Ali khan Khan on November 8, 2021 at 9:30 am

    Very good thanks



  10. Khan Of Amarica on November 8, 2021 at 9:30 am

    Thanks so much madam



  11. Bilge Özüak on November 8, 2021 at 9:30 am

    Türkçe pleasssss



  12. anthony bianconi on November 8, 2021 at 9:32 am

    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?



  13. nachospop the 3rd on November 8, 2021 at 9:35 am

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



  14. Melanie Maxfield on November 8, 2021 at 9:36 am

    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!



  15. Benjie Madanlo on November 8, 2021 at 9:37 am

    I have sone question sir if its okay with you



  16. 2degucitas on November 8, 2021 at 9:38 am

    This is very useful thanks



  17. Ayalew Gebregiorgis on November 8, 2021 at 9:40 am

    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.



  18. ujjwal gamez on November 8, 2021 at 9:50 am

    Whatspp do



  19. Frontbattles on November 8, 2021 at 9:50 am

    You forgot the triplet opal..



  20. Seven Rice Kami on November 8, 2021 at 9:52 am

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



  21. Lee Sass on November 8, 2021 at 9:52 am

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



  22. Albeezzo on November 8, 2021 at 10:03 am

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



  23. Heavensanchor on November 8, 2021 at 10:08 am

    Are natural, not dyed ethiopian opal also floureszent?



  24. DC Allan on November 8, 2021 at 10:11 am

    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.



  25. Les Rosin on November 8, 2021 at 10:13 am

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