Judging from the jewelry market in the past 10 years, Opal belongs to the type of rapid price growth, but it does not belong to the type of skyrocketing. Among them, due to more appreciation factors and less speculation factors, the price belongs to a "healthy" development variety.

In the past 65,438+00 years, on average, the appreciation of Opal is about 65,438+00 times. Around 2006, the price of 5438+0,50 carat opal was 300,000, and now it is about 1.5 million, which is equivalent to one gram.

Pull 30 thousand yuan After 20 1 1 year, the sales of opal soared, not only in the wholesale market in Liwan, but also in the jewelry retailers near Tianhe City. And its price is higher than in previous years.

There is a trend of rapid increase. At present, the retail price of a 6mm×9mm opal is generally 1 10,000 ~ 20,000 yuan, which is basically the same as the price of sapphire appearing in Guangzhou market. High quality dark opal

The price per carat is 3,500 Australian dollars (equivalent to RMB23,000). High-quality black opal can be sold for 15000 Australian dollars per carat (equivalent to about RMB100000).

In the recent Sotheby's jewelry auction, all kinds of colored gems continued to be unanimously sought after, and Opal, commonly known as Opal, was one of them. A opal ring in ivory and pink purple starts at HK$ 654.38+02,000 and HK$ 350,000.

Hong Kong dollar transactions; The red opal necklace, the transaction price actually exceeded HK$ 1 million. Most opals are famous for their discoloration, but the fire opals and black opals with the greatest collection value have no discoloration characteristics. Beginners collect colorful treasures and details.

Can't be ignored.