What's your opal worth?
An instant valuation in about two minutes, from the Stormfire Opals price guide.
- PhotoSnap your opal
- GradeCompare it to examples
- ValueSee what it could sell for
Before you start
This tool gives an instant valuation of what a stone could sell for, using the Stormfire Opals price guide. Please read these points first.
- An instant valuation, not a formal one. It is an indicative figure from our price guide. It is not a formal valuation by a registered valuer, an appraisal or an insurance certificate, and it is not an offer to buy.
- Based on our price guide. Figures come from Stormfire's own $ per carat settings for opal type, grade, colour, pattern, finish and faults. Real sale prices vary with the market, the buyer and how the stone is presented.
- Photos have limits. A phone camera can't reliably show cracks, sand, potch lines or true brightness, and lighting changes everything. Always check the stone in hand, in daylight.
- Carat estimates are approximate. Weight worked out from measurements can be 15% or more out, especially for boulder opal, because ironstone is heavier than opal. Weigh the stone when you can.
- Keeping your photos. Each opal's photos are saved with it in My Opals and stored securely in your Stormfire account, so you can see them on any phone or computer you sign in on. Deleting an opal also deletes its photos, so keep your own copies of any you want to hold on to.
What kind of opal is it?
Australian opal only. Choose the type that best matches your stone, or answer a few questions and we will suggest one.
Help me choose
All opal, no host rock
Opal on Queensland ironstone
Other Australian opal
Every fossil is one of a kind. This valuation is based on weight, opalisation, colour and a few other features, like any opal. A rare species, a complete or well-preserved specimen, or strong collector or scientific interest can make a fossil worth far more than this figure. The more unique the fossil, the higher it should be valued, so treat this as a starting point and get a specialist valuation for any significant piece.
What's inside the Yowah opal?
Natural or treated?
Not sure?
Where each type is found
Finish and condition
How finished is it?
Is it solid?
Any cracks or faults?
Not sure?
Solid or not: look at the side of the stone. A straight, even join line with a black layer underneath means it's a doublet. If it also has a clear, glassy dome on top, it's a triplet.
Faults: shine a torch across the surface from the side. Fine lines that catch the light are cracks or crazing. Small grey or white specks are sand spots or inclusions, which count as Minor. If you can't tell, choose Minor rather than None.
What colour is it?
The colour you see most when the stone is face up. Tap a second colour if two share the face.
Slide to set how much of the colour is each one. The colour value is averaged by these shares.
Not sure?
What pattern does it show?
How the colour is arranged on the face. If nothing matches clearly, choose Standard.
Not sure?
How big is it?
Measurements
Shape
Weight
Type in either box and the other updates. 1 carat = 0.2 grams.
What kind of rough parcel?
Not sure?
Body tone
Not sure?
Brightness
How strongly the colour shines. Colour that only shows in sunlight scores lower than colour that shows in any light.
Not sure?
Colour coverage
How much of the face shows colour when you tilt the stone through a full turn.
Not sure?
Start with a photo
Your photo sits beside the examples while you grade, so you can compare as you go. It also goes on your result and on a listing if you sell. A short video lets you pick the frame with the best colour.
Tap the frame you want shown with the result.
Frame your opal
Drag the square onto your opal. Pinch, or drag the corner dot, to make it bigger or smaller.
Fit the oval to the stone
Drag the oval onto the stone and use the corner dot to resize it. Keep fingers outside it as much as you can.
Not sure?
No camera handy? Tap Skip photo. You can add one later by editing the opal.
Check your answers
Tap any answer to change it.
Your instant valuation
Making your result image…
Saved to My Opals
What next?
Marketplace
Buy and sell Australian opal on the Stormfire Opals website. Coming soon.
Account
Sign in is coming soon. It will keep your opals safe in the cloud, on your phone and on the website, and let you list opals for sale.
About instant valuations
- An instant valuation, not a formal one. It is an indicative figure from our price guide. It is not a formal valuation by a registered valuer, an appraisal or an insurance certificate, and it is not an offer to buy.
- Based on our price guide. Figures come from Stormfire's own $ per carat settings for opal type, grade, colour, pattern, finish and faults. Real sale prices vary with the market, the buyer and how the stone is presented.
- Photos have limits. A phone camera can't reliably show cracks, sand, potch lines or true brightness, and lighting changes everything. Always check the stone in hand, in daylight.
- Carat estimates are approximate. Weight worked out from measurements can be 15% or more out, especially for boulder opal, because ironstone is heavier than opal. Weigh the stone when you can.
- Keeping your photos. Each opal's photos are saved with it in My Opals and stored securely in your Stormfire account, so you can see them on any phone or computer you sign in on. Deleting an opal also deletes its photos, so keep your own copies of any you want to hold on to.
How we value
Shared Opals
Opals shared from the Stormfire Opal Valuer.
My Opals
Tap an opal to name it, share it, re-value it or list it for sale.
Making the result image…
Stormfire AI looks at your photo and your answers, and suggests changes where they don't seem to match. It can be wrong, as photos can't show everything. Nothing changes unless you apply it.
Your opal will now be listed for sale at stormfireopals.com.au.
- Check your listingWritten for you from your valuation.
- Set your priceKeep ours or type your own.
- Send it to the websiteMost opals go live straight away.
1Your listing
2Your price
3Send it to the website
Before your first sale
A quick read, just this once. Next time, your opal goes straight to the website.
- You own the opal, and your listing describes it honestly, faults included.
- Most listings go live straight away. Stormfire reviews every listing, and can ask you to change or take down anything that breaks the rules. Opals priced at $5,000 or more, and a new seller's first listing, are checked before they go live.
- Your listing stays up for 30 days on the free plan, or 60 to 90 days for members, and renews free in one tap.
- The buyer pays through the website. Their payment is held safely until the opal arrives, then you are paid.
- Post the opal within 3 business days of the sale, tracked and insured. The buyer pays the postage.
Listing is free. A selling fee is taken only when your opal sells, with a $5 minimum. Members pay a lower fee.
See membershipsWe keep a record of every opal sold through the website: its grades, photos, valuation and the price it sold for. We review these sales regularly and adjust our price guide, so every valuation stays accurate. Your name and contact details are never shown with them.
Your opal is on its way to the website
Stormfire will check your listing and put it live at stormfireopals.com.au, usually within one business day. We'll email you when it's up.
Email my listing to Stormfire- Buyers find your opal on the website, with your photos and description.
- When it sells, the buyer's payment is held safely and we let you know.
- You post the opal, tracked and insured.
- Once it arrives, you are paid, less the selling fee.