The world’s finest uncut opal, a 998-gram gem called the Fire of Australia, has gone on permanent public display for the first time since its discovery more than 60 years ago. Valued at more than $675 ...

Where to begin with this story? There’s the soap opera angle, reportedly involving bitter infighting among city politicians over a precious gem thought by at least one person to be bad luck. There’s ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. TONY EASTLEY: Opals, those rare and precious coloured gems from the Australian outback, are becoming ...

The opal may be known as the stone of love but for 86-year-old miner Ieroklis “Eric” Mavropoulos and his adult children, there is no love lost for 50-year-old Angela Chu – the woman they have taken to ...

The beautiful optical properties of the gemstone opal are the result of tiny amounts of uranium present when the stones were formed, say researchers in Australia. They claim that their work could lead ...

If you want to do business with the government, go to Washington, D.C. If you want to do business with bankers, go to Wall Street. If you want to do business in opals, go to Coober Pedy, Australia.

We take a close-up look at the latest high jewelry from Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels, and more that marry vivid gems ...