White Opal Information

White Opal is also known as milky Opal and it has a pale white appearance with bright flashes of Opal colour. On the Body Tone and Brightness Chart the body color of white Opal is N8 or N9. White Opal is capable of displaying any combination of spectral colors such as red, blue, purple and greens.The major difference between this type of Opal and the Black Opal is that white Opal tends to have a subdued play of color since the body color of the stone is light. In Black Opal because the body is very dark the play of color is much brighter.In terms of production the white Opal is by far the most plentiful. In Australia the majority of the Opal produced comes from South Australia. While New South Wales produces the precious Black Opal it only accounts for a small percentage of the total Opal mined.The majority of white Opal comes from the state of South Australia. The major fields include Coober Pedy, Mintabie and Andamooka.