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OPAL ASSOCIATION MEETING 

25 surfers av mermaid waters QLD 

1 pm Friday 15th Jan

AGENDA  

OPEN 1 PM 

 APOLOGIES 

FINANCIAL REPORTS 

GENERAL BUSINESS 

1. Retail prices have been used  on their own certificates with the opal association logo used by Brendon Ball of Walkabout opals. Certificate of authenticity is for identifications purposes only. Valuations (prices) are a matter of opinion only 
2. Opal brightness . it was discussed at the last meeting that the opal association should adopt words to describe brightness so we are looking for members to form a sub committee. It was felt the number system  for brightness was too confusing. 
3. Competency test for issuing certificates of authenticity – Natassa Patel of GemCertify has agreed to assist in writing up a test of questions to verify the expertise and experiences of  members who wish to issue certificates under the Opal Association (access through the association website).  

This is a zoom meeting-if you cant make it register on zoom and have your say about your association 

Paul Sedawie is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. 

Topic: OPAL ASSOCIATION GM 15 JAN2021 

Time: Jan 15, 2021 01:00 PM Brisbane 

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 882 2291 4964 

Passcode: 735304 

Any queries please call me on 0407577545 Paul Sedawie 

Kind Regards 

Paul Sedawie

President of the Opal Association 

To our members

Just a reminder we have the Opal Association meeting on the 15 th January at 1 pm at 25 surfers av Mermaid waters QLD.

If you cant make it you are welcome to try a  zoom  meeting which was successful on our last meeting. I will send out the agenda and zoom details to morrow.

Kind Regards 

Paul Sedawie

President of the Opal Association 

I have been concerned for a while about the amount of treated Welo opal being passed off as natural black opal. There are numerous treated Ethiopian opals wrongly listed on the internet. Equally important they are also been sold in Australian retail shops and unfortunately also on the opal fields. I asked Natasha Patel, an honours graduate in gemmology (AIGS Thailand) to research on how to tell if the stone is natural or treated one is on the opal fields and/without access to laboratory testing equipment.

This is a copy of Natasha Patel’s research report – Natural Black Opal – Are You Asking The Right Question?