Yowah-Nut Opal - Masterworks of Nature
Yowah Nut Opals are found in the Yowah and nearby Koroit areas of Queensland, Australia. This opal usually forms within a nut-shaped stone - hence the name.
Yowah Nut Opals are famous for being beautiful stones with special patterns, which often form pictures. Within the earth-brown rock, the opal flashes up in veins and sparkling lines. Under direct light, Yowah Nut Opals shine with each movement in new colours and patterns. Through these images, Mother Earth herself seems to speak of magical landscapes, mysterious paths, or wild creatures. Cut and polished, often in free shapes, truly magical stones with amazing expression come into existence.
It is no wonder that so many inspired artists and opal collectors eventually develop a special enthusiasm for this opal variety. Because of its beauty and individuality, Yowah Nut Opals are said to support imagination and creativity, empathy, cheerfulness, and joy of life.
Yowah Nut Opal Jewellery
Here you can see a small selection of jewellery with Yowah Nut Opals.
You can find more examples in the opal jewellery section and in our online shop.
Mining and processing
In the southernmost mining areas of Queensland, bands of “Boulder Nuts” fill the sediments - but among these thousands of “nuts,” there are very few which contain opal. For this reason, it is the dream of every opal miner in Yowah and Koroit to find an ironstone “nut” filled with opal.
