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Xiaomeng held the oval-shaped opal in her palm. Wow, the iridescent colors on it are so beautiful!

It truly lives up to its reputation as the "palette of the gemstone world." The iridescent light inside the gemstone changes with the angle of observation, perfectly matching Xiaomeng's impression of gemstones.

Xiaomeng liked it more and more the more she looked at it.

I put the gemstone back in the box and quickly took out my phone to check the average price of a one-carat opal.

You won't believe it until you do some research: the price range for opals is incredibly wide.

Cheap natural opals cost only one or two thousand RMB per carat, and there are even synthetic opals for just a few RMB on Taobao.

Of course, there are also very expensive gem-quality natural opals, such as black opals that cost millions of dollars and weigh fifty or sixty carats. When they were still raw, they were already worth tens of thousands of dollars per carat.

As the saying goes, gemstones are essentially stones, but the rarer they are, the higher their value.

Opals are no exception. White opals are the cheapest, but if a white opal is large and has a beautiful color, its value will be different.

Xiaomeng lacked the knowledge in this area; she only knew they looked beautiful, but had no way of judging their value.

"Oh dear, you really like these shiny, colorful things." Just then, Attorney Deng noticed Xiaomeng picking up an opal, examining it repeatedly, then putting it down again. She was busy researching again.

"Opal is quite beautiful when used to set jewelry."

These days, it's popular to make jewelry that can be used as both a ring and a necklace.

I recall that the Queen of England had an opal piece that served as both a ring and a necklace.

The middle-aged woman also looked over, "Is it the one that Australia sent?"

I think that old lady really liked it; she wore it five, six, seven, or eight times.

Attorney Deng looked up and recalled, "Speaking of which, their whole family really likes opals. Ever since the Queen's parents, they've always been buying opal jewelry."

The Queen's sisters always receive custom-made opal jewelry as gifts from jewelers for their birthdays or weddings.

Attorney Deng then changed the subject, "However, yours is white, which is a bit lacking."

If it were a black opal, that would be more like it.

The middle-aged woman waved her hand, "There aren't any this year. We're still looking, but it's very difficult for us to get good quality opals."

As you know, we don't produce natural opals in China.

The best quality goods have to be sourced and traded in Europe and Australia.

This one alone has great color, a pure base, and most importantly, such a large size; it's already our best result this year.

The middle-aged woman was still somewhat proud, saying, "I dare say that there are very few companies in China that can compare to it."

Of course, we also have the black opals you mentioned, but none this big.

We currently have two black opals, each around 20 carats, in our warehouse; these are from previous years' stock.

Are you interested, young friend? How about we visit our main store another day?

By the way, our company also has some good sapphire.

"We have someone in our family who specializes in buying goods in Sri Lanka. If we can't find anything suitable, we can find it by trading with other people."

I didn't expect this middle-aged beauty to be so polite. Since that's the case, I'd feel bad if I didn't patronize her.

"Sis, how did you photograph this opal?"

"You don't have an auctioneer here."

Hearing Xiaomeng say she wanted to buy, the middle-aged beauty smiled, her wrinkles crinkling at the corners of her eyes. "Those trading in the inner area are all old friends. We're all acquaintances, so you can name your price or exchange it with your own collection."

"If you'd like to trade the yellow diamond ring you just bought for it, I can also throw in an peridot ring."

As she spoke, the middle-aged woman took one from a box beside her, opened it, and found a peridot ring inside.

The ring is composed of several gemstones of different sizes and shades of green, which immediately evoke the feeling of spring.

Xiaomeng liked the ring the moment she saw it.

The middle-aged woman explained, "The main stone of this ring is a 15-carat peridot, flawless, and in excellent condition."

The key is that the color of this peridot is just the right shade, giving it a very youthful feel.

As mentioned earlier, Xiaomeng purchased many exquisite pieces of jewelry at the auction. Among them was an eight-carat yellow diamond ring, which sold for 158 million yuan.

Xiao Meng immediately turned her gaze to Attorney Deng, wanting to hear her opinion.

"If it were just this opal, 150 million would indeed be a bit much... but what if you add this peridot ring..."

Attorney Deng skillfully pulled a pair of reading glasses and a gemstone magnifying glass from his bag.

She brought the magnifying glass and the ring very close to her eyes and examined them carefully for a minute or two.

"Excellent, textbook-quality peridot, flawless."

The value should be between 10 and 15, that's fine, then the values ​​on both sides will be about the same.