Chip Opals

Chip opals are a little different in their construction, usually the opal component (again either natural opal or imitation opal) is encapsulated into a some form of envelope. The opal chips are mixed together, usually with a resin based material and then contained in some sort of capsule. The chips can be tightly packed, or just loosely packed depending on the type and effect to be obtained.

Chip opals are found to imitate all three of the natural opal varieties, light opal, Black opal and boulder opal.