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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 188100, member: 2844"]9 karat is used in many countries, all over the world. I live in The Netherlands, we hardly see any Canadian jewellery overhere, but you never know.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think Australia is still the largest producer of precious opals, although Ethiopia is catching up. Non-precious opals are found in most countries of the world. Precious opals are more rare but they are found in all continents.</p><p>This opal looks very Slovakian, pure white with a large green flash. The Dubník area in Slovakia is reputed to be the oldest opal mining region in the world:</p><p><a href="http://www.opalmines.eu/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.opalmines.eu/" rel="nofollow">http://www.opalmines.eu/</a></p><p>Most opals in Roman times were Slovakian. I think this necklace is central or northern European, Slovakia is in central Europe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 188100, member: 2844"]9 karat is used in many countries, all over the world. I live in The Netherlands, we hardly see any Canadian jewellery overhere, but you never know. I think Australia is still the largest producer of precious opals, although Ethiopia is catching up. Non-precious opals are found in most countries of the world. Precious opals are more rare but they are found in all continents. This opal looks very Slovakian, pure white with a large green flash. The Dubník area in Slovakia is reputed to be the oldest opal mining region in the world: [URL]http://www.opalmines.eu/[/URL] Most opals in Roman times were Slovakian. I think this necklace is central or northern European, Slovakia is in central Europe.[/QUOTE]
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