Unique Opal Mine Pty Ltd
Unique Opal Mine Pty Ltd
Unique Opal Mine Pty Ltd
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8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
8:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About
Best opal in Adelaide. A must visit! Free admission to The UNDERGROUND OPAL MINE located beneath our store. View the 100 million year old OPALISED DINOSAUR FOSSIL. Unique Opal and Diamond Manufacturers are the largest opal manufacturing jewellers and opal cutters in Adelaide offering the biggest range that is second to none! Both of our Master Jewellers and expert opal cutters work in store, so you can watch this amazing process of shaping, polishing and jewellery manufacturing first hand. Unique Opal mine is a huge tourist attraction and that special place to purchase that unique opal. Wholesale and Retail with Australias’ Largest collection of opal on display Unique Opal Mine has a beautifully created underground opal mine for you to explore, bringing to you the “Coober Pedy Experience” with the convenience of an Adelaide Rundle Mall location. In our mine you can see the veins of real opal as they would naturally occur in the rock and explore different regions of opal mining throughout the Australian opal fields. Take a few minutes to sit down and watch our short documentary on opals, explaining the different types, the regions where they are found and how they are formed. All of this is FREE admission :-) If you are lucky, one of our friendly jewellers and opal cutters may be in the process of cutting and polishing the raw stone on the equipment located in the mine area, and you can watch this amazing process of shaping and polishing these beautiful opals first hand! Unique Opal mine also has a 100 million year old Opalised Dinosaur Plesiosaur on display in store. This is one of Eight in the world ever discovered. In addition to our beautiful opal jewellery, our expert jewellers can custom make jewellery in any gemstone and metal. If you are searching for something Unique for your special occasion, come and see us. We can work with you on the design and offer a wide selection of stones for you to choose from. Our jewellers work in store, so you can watch them craft raw material into works of art. Unique Opal Mine are 100% South Australian owned and operated Unique Opal Mine offer a lifetime international guarantee on all purchases.
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Ann M
Milwaukee, WI28 contributions
Jul 2024 • Friends
I absolutely loved my experience at the Unique Opal Mine in Adelaide. I had only intended to see the mine downstairs and maybe buy an unpolished stone, but Elijah Ponte, one of the jewelers there, was so engaging and knowledgeable, that my interest was immediately piqued. He really took his time with us, and I ended up buying a gorgeous opal ring that is absolutely stunning. Now I wish I had bought earrings, too!
Written 8 July 2024
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Hello Ann , thankyou for the great review. It is great to see you enjoyed the visit into our underground opal mine below our store....Elijah appreciates the comments on his service. If you need any more assistabce he will be happy to deal with you direct through our website and direct email to Elijah..... See you next time you are in Adelaide!
Written 22 July 2024
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Courtney H
3 contributions
Jul 2023 • Friends
Visiting SA and walked pasted this beautiful opal shop a few times window looking at the beautiful jewellery, today was the day I walked inside and was blown away by all of the incredible one of a kind hand crafted jewellery. I met the amazing team and they provided extensive knowledge of opals from mining to how every individual opal is uniquely crafted into a beautiful piece of jewellery. Every piece of jewellery is one of a kind. The staff were incredibly knowledgeable, friendly and informative.
Written 10 August 2023
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Hello Courtney
Very lucky of you to stumbel across Unique Opal mine ;-) As you seen we carry the largest range of Australian opal available! It is great feedback to hear that the team are educating you and helping you to find that special amazing piece of Opal!
Written 22 July 2024
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Fanfan
2 contributions
Dec 2019
A free museum in the basement, beautiful opals and varied forms for all prices. As a student, I didn't think I would find an opal at such a good price for me. But that was not all, the staff was so helpful, honest and fiendly!
Add to this patient, because they even let me watch all their triplets and advised me for at least 20 minutes to make sure I picked only the best ones. One triplet was not meant to be in the package, I should have been more expensive, but they let me have it for the same price as the others!
I should have left a comment a long time ago to tell all of you about the great experience I lived at this shop. This remains as one of the best memories I have about my shopping in Australia.
Add to this patient, because they even let me watch all their triplets and advised me for at least 20 minutes to make sure I picked only the best ones. One triplet was not meant to be in the package, I should have been more expensive, but they let me have it for the same price as the others!
I should have left a comment a long time ago to tell all of you about the great experience I lived at this shop. This remains as one of the best memories I have about my shopping in Australia.
Written 16 November 2020
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Hello.
What a great story and thank you for the review.
We always do our best to give all our customers the best price on opal and the best experience.....looks like we did this ! Enjoy
Written 22 July 2024
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Salsera72
Germany8 contributions
Jan 2020
Went into the store and exhibited mine by accident and was very surprised at how knowwledgable and friendly the staff was there. Gave me a great introduction into the history and trade of opals and how they are manufactured. Didn't talk me into buying anything but I ended up with earrings I liked because I had the feeling the guys there knew their business well and weren't overpriced.
Go there and see for yourself!
Go there and see for yourself!
Written 9 January 2020
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Hello Stefanie
I love reading reviews like yours...
Thank you very much
Hope to have you visit again
Regards
Tim
Written 18 January 2020
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Helvetina777
Canton of Zug, Switzerland5 contributions
Mar 2024 • Family
The knowledge and service of Tim and Adrian is impeccable. They took a lot of time for my daughter who had a lot of questions, she could even try some of the working tools. We bought a crucifix for my daughter‘s 1st communion that will take place after our return to Switzerland 🇨🇭
When going downstairs, you get a feeling of how the miners are working, there are real displays and a very informative and educative video to watch. We highly recommend to pop in!
When going downstairs, you get a feeling of how the miners are working, there are real displays and a very informative and educative video to watch. We highly recommend to pop in!
Written 27 March 2024
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Hello Helvetina
Aprreciate the review
Adrian and Tim said to say hello.
They are sure your daughterr is going to love the crusifix.
Great also to hear that you enjoyed our mine below our store and found it interesting
take care
Written 22 July 2024
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Suzanna H
Long Beach, Australia37 contributions
Jun 2022
This is a fabulous little shop located on the edge of the Mall. It is crammed packed with beautiful stones and interesting pieces. The staff were patient and helpful as we selected a stone. Not nearly as expensive as I was expecting.
Written 27 June 2022
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Hello Suzanna
Thank you for the review.
Great to see we our pricing was great 1
Written 22 July 2024
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WoofMeowCluck
Melbourne117 contributions
Jul 2019 • Family
This is the second time I have shopped here. A year ago I bought a beautiful black opal pendant and this time a pair of blue opal earrings. The all male staff are very friendly and knowledgable. The assortment of opal jewellery looks a better quality than at other shops. Opals are not cheap so don't expect cheap jewellery.
Down some stairs in the basement there is some information and free exhibits on how opals are mined and a TV screen showing miners at work etc so it's worth a look if you are a tourist or don't know a lot about opals.
Down some stairs in the basement there is some information and free exhibits on how opals are mined and a TV screen showing miners at work etc so it's worth a look if you are a tourist or don't know a lot about opals.
Written 26 July 2019
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Hello and many thanks for a positive review.
It is great you noticed the assortment and quality of the opals on display.
Our store is proud to have more stock wholesale/retail on display and on hand than anywhere in the world!
We are a team of 6 jewellers with high goals and are proving to meet them!
See you on your next visit to Adelaide
Steven
Written 6 August 2019
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Oldtable
Brisbane Region, Australia243 contributions
May 2021
great display underground, dont be put off by barrier just ask.
Staff very chatty & imformative. not pushy when it came to a sale
Staff very chatty & imformative. not pushy when it came to a sale
Written 15 May 2021
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Hello appreciate the review , and great to see you enjoyes the mine below our store. It is always good feedback to hear our staff get along with our customers
Written 22 July 2024
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Robin G
Paraparaumu, New Zealand51 contributions
Sept 2019
While at Rundle Mall, I visited this shop and had a good browse, the man with whom I spoke was very knowledgable and helpful. Although I was only browsing I was very impressed with the variety of opals, and if I had enough money I would have bought an item.
Written 2 October 2019
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Hello Robin
Thank you for a Great Review
Hope to have you visit again
Tim
Written 19 January 2020
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JUDY R
Ballina, Australia33 contributions
May 2019 • Couples
This place is an absolute must-see in Rundle Mall, Adelaide. It absolutely amazed us and we spent quite a bit of time in the underground part just absorbing it all, and watching the video that was playing about Coober Pedy & Lightning Ridge. Loved the opals and bought one of their necklaces.
Written 16 May 2019
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Hello Judy
Thank you for acknowledging the underground opal mine below our store it is a great place to learn where opal comes from and how it is formed.... and see us in action cutting stones and turning the raw material into jewellery.
See you next time.
Tim
Written 6 August 2019
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By far the highest quality opal in Australia maybe the world. You will find some of the rarest opals there. A collector's paradise.
Written 4 October 2018
Hello Safari
I think you accidently sent this to me as a message email.
Could you please write it as a review for us.
Regards
Tim
Written 5 October 2018
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