Australian Opal Beads Faceted Rondelles have a waxy luster with excellent faceting creating a symmetrical rondelle shape, the beads show visible matrix of a bluish grey hue, these Australian Opal beads have play of color in green-blue-orange-violet-yellow-periwinkle hues, their body colors are a dark bluish grey to a medium light cream hue providing a mix on the strand, these gems present with an opaque to a few of translucent quality, and these larger than average sized rondelles in Opal are mined in Australia.