OPALTON - BOULDER

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OPALTON BOULDER OPAL — QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

A one-of-one Australian boulder opal from the remote Opalton fields of Western Queensland. Rugged ironstone runs through the piece with natural seams and flashes of opal breaking through the surface.

Selected and cut by Opal Boy in Japan, then set into our heavy, old-school pendant setting — solid 925 sterling silver, thick backed and 100% hand bezel set.

Pendant size: 13mm × 19mm × 5mm

No two stones are the same. Once this one is gone, it's gone.

Sold with or without our 3mm thick 925 sterling silver cable chain.

WHO IS OPAL BOY?

For decades, Opal Boy has quietly cut and treated Australian opal from his workshop in Japan. Working with small parcels sourced directly through miners, he became known in tight collector circles for unusual cuts and his secretive methods of treating matrix opal — a process involving heat, smoke and days of careful “cooking.”

He retires this year, making these stones part of one of the last parcels to leave his hands.

THE SETTING

For this design we took inspiration from old-school charm pendants you'd find in Oaxaca — simple, heavy and made to be worn hard.

Each piece is built from solid 925 silver with a thick, weighty backing. The opal is then 100% hand bezel set into the silver — no glue, no shortcuts.

A deliberately simple setting that lets the stone do the talking and gives the whole piece that heavy, old-world feel we were after.

Due to the rarity of these stones, no resizing is possible. Please include your exact ring size in the order notes at checkout — or email us at hello@lostamigo.com We accept sizing in UK / US / AUS / EU formats. Production begins January 7th and takes approximately 2 weeks before dispatch.

Oxidised by hand so slight colour variations are celebrated in each unique piece.

Metal

Solid 925 recycled Silver

Finish

Heavy Oxidised followed by buff + polish to a rough shine.

Proccess

Hand Carved in Wax, Cast in 925 Silver, Bezel Set Stone, Oxidsed and then Polished.

Shipping

Please Allow 14 working days for us to cast and polish your order.

We Ship all our packages with Royal Mail tracked From Jersey CI.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

See our Shipping page for more information.

Returns Policy

All orders will have 60 days from the package being delivered to return/exchange your order. Shipping costs are non-refundable. Customers are responsible for the shipping of all returns and exchanges. We will ship the exchanged item back to you. For your security, we recommend shipping your package with a carrier that can provide you with a tracking number. Please note that Lost Amigo is not responsible for items damaged or lost in transit. Please be sure of your size when exchanging as there will be a cost involved for a second exchange.

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, Please email hello@lostamigo.com with “Return” or “Exchange” and your order number in the subject line. You will receive an email with information on next steps. The returned package must include: a note containing the order number, and the item being returned. We will send you an email as soon as we receive your package. Please be sure of your size when exchanging as there will be a cost involved for a second exchange.

As many of you know, we recently went down under in search of opal. We visited mines, spent time in Coober Pedy, made the run out to Lightning Ridge, met some incredible miners, learnt some cool shit and almost bought an old opal mine.

The stones were beautiful. But there was a problem.

They weren't very Lost Amigo.

Too clean. Too polished. Too precious. Incredible stones, but not quite something I'd want hanging around my neck while smoking a Marlboro Red with the sun disappearing behind the bike.

Then, in Winton, a miner showed me a piece of jet-black opal matrix, broken up with flashes of colour. Rough, strange and completely unlike anything we'd seen.

I asked what it was.

The answer led us to Japan.

More specifically, to a mysterious cutter known simply as Opal Boy.

For decades, Opal Boy has quietly worked with small parcels sourced through Australian miners, cutting for private collectors and experimenting with unusual material that often gets overlooked by the bigger buyers.

He's particularly known in a very small circle for treating matrix opal — using a closely guarded process involving heat, smoke, oil and several days of what was simply described to us as "cooking."

After a fair bit of back and forth, we managed to secure a tiny parcel from his collection: stones from different Australian mining areas, some completely natural, others treated by Opal Boy to turn the host rock deep black and bring the buried colour to life.

No two stones are alike. Some barely show their colour until the light catches them. Others hide flashes of green, blue and fire inside cracks and seams.

They're rough, unpredictable and a little mysterious.

Exactly what we'd travelled halfway across Australia looking for.

Dug from the Australian dirt. Cut and treated in Japan. Made into Lost Amigo.