Black opal is the rarest and most valuable of all Australian opals, and Lightning Ridge — where our family has mined since settling here — is its home. A black opal's dark body tone (graded N1–N4 on the body-tone scale) makes its play-of-colour blaze against the darkness.
Every black opal below is natural, solid Australian opal with its own certificate and a stated body tone and brightness grade. Click any stone for full specifications, photos and video. New finds appear here as they are cut — the Daily Opal email shows you one hand-picked stone every morning.