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TRAGEDY STRUCK OPAL MINERS AT WEGEL TENA

May 10TH 2010

We mourn the 7 dead Ethiopian miners who lost their lives in a single accident at the Wegel Tena opal field. Small-scale Ethiopian miners sometimes don’t employ best method and equipment in the mining process. These miners carry out extensive excavations work to locate the precious stone from their respective blocks.

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EXPLORING OPAL BEARING CLIFFS AT TSEHAY MEWCHA IN WOLLO, WELO, PROVINCE
Arriving at Tsehay Mewcha ( Sun Gate). 3200m on the Abyssinian high plateau. Not a desert at all!

In mid April 2009, we did our first exploration, descending in the opal bearing Tsehay Mewcha cliffs, in Wollo or Welo province. There, over 100 minors in 2 cooperatives of locals allowed by the government to mine opal were working. An experience! Soon photos. But full info on this volcanic rock opal in next GEM & GEMOLOGY.

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DISCOVERING OPAL DEPOSITS OF SHEWA IN ETHIOPIA

By Francesco Mazzero
Issued in A.F.G. magazine n°148 October 2003
Translation by Danielle Cenki

Addis Ababa to Tarma Ber

A feeling of space, a slight exhilaration which enhances vision … an experience I already know, that of the high plateau.

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ROUGH ETHIOPIAN OPALS
blue opal nodule from Mezezo Blue crust on Mezezo brown opal nodule
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STABILITY ABOUT ETHIOPIAN OPALS


White opal filling an old crack. A natural repair.
Photos by Jean-Pierre Gauthier and Francesco.

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BUY CHEAP LOW GRADE WELO (WOLLO) ROUGH OPAL!

Please   contact    Eyassu Bekele   /   EYAOPAL
in Addis Ababa. 
email 
:  eya11et (AT) yahoo.com

Phone nb : +251 911 20 38 27
 
From low grade at 1$ per gram
rough opal from wollo welo ethiopia
 
 To top grade!

wollo rough opal



Miner at Tsehay Mewcha.
 
 
 
BEADS

 Jean-Pierre Gier finished his machine designed for producing beads with the Wollo opal rough. We are now proposing beads of various quality from 7 to 15 mm in diameter. An important point is that the Wollo material does perfectly the job,meaning that it is very strong. Prices on demand.

wollo opal beads

welo opal beads

 

Agenda

MINERALIENTAGE 2010
 
SAINTE MARIE 2010

June 24th to 27th in Sainte-Marie aux Mines.
Salle polyvalente.


Crystal Wollo, or Welo opal.

 
TUCSON SHOW 2010

Feb 1st, through Feb 7th, 2010 J.W. Marriott Star Pass Resort / booth n°729

Feb 2nd, through Feb 7th, 2010  GJX  INTERNATIONAL PAVILLION Booth n° 3011 

OPALINDA & EYAOPAL at GJX and GLDA SHOW.
Eyassu Bekele and Francesco Mazzero will display a large collection of Wollo, or Welo, cut opals.
Big and rare stones will be the hit.

 

Opal at its best!

 

 

Opals from planet Earth

Discover precious opals from Ethiopia

Opals from Mezezo have been well-known for more than 10 years for their amazingly sparkling brown and hydrophane varieties. Other deposits (re)discovered more recently yield precious opals : white, fire, crystal and sometimes black ones, all of exceptional quality. Beside reminding detractors of their unfairness, Ethiopia enters the small circle of countries producing gem opals.

 
Image of the day

All IMAGES OF THE SITE ARE  DOWNLOADABLE  FULL SIZE.

Magnificent 24,32 cts wollo opal in pear shape.
wollo opal

This famous Mezezo rough has been cut in a gorgeous big gem by J.P. Gier in 2006.
mezezo opal rough

Interesting Wollo opal rough!

Zoom in a nice parcel of really big Wollo Welo opals that we showed in Tucson.

 

 

"TSEHAY MEWCHA" MEANS "SUN GATE"

No desert, no "marine" sediments, please stop saying and writing this. This opal comes from igninbrites/rhyolites levels at 2900m in the heart of the Abyssinian high plateau. 

Only locals have the permit to mine near Tsehay Mewcha. At 20 km from Wegeltena village (Delanta district). The rough comes mainly from 2 places named : Mehal Yeheys and Wuls Zelhon. The 2 cooperatives allowed to work there are : "Development trough cooperation" and "Progress in Due Course". The Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Energy trained the locals and donated hand tools in January 2009.

There are other opal deposits in Ethiopia. Future will bring more surprises. People claiming that Wollo opal  is from sedimentary ground do this for commercial purpose... . The Wollo opals are now proofing that good CT opals in volcanic ground are found in Ethiopia.

September 2009,  Eyassu & Francesco


Ethiopian opal rough from Welo or Wollo.
Precious opal in his hand at Tsehay Mewcha,
Wegel T'ena, Wollo, or Welo, Ethiopia.


 

 

 

 

 
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 Welo or Wollo opal
   Welo opal with bright yellow-gold play of colors

Mezezo opal nodule over portugese bridge waterfall
    Thin crust of blue opal on brown opal nodule.


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