Uncut opal

Uncut opal

Release date	27 January 2003 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	Yes- Digsite Quest
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	No
Stacks?	No
High Alch	12 coins
Low Alch	8 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	An uncut opal.
Weight	0.0 kg

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A detailed image on an uncut opal.

An Uncut opal is a members only item, classified as a type of semi-precious gem in RuneScape. Uncut opals can be cut with a chisel resulting in an opal or a crushed gem. Successfully cutting an opal grants the player 15 Crafting experience, smashing grants 3.8. Opals are the lowest level gemstone, the most common, and are worth very little.

Dropping monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
H.A.M. guard	12,18,22	1	3Uncommon
Skeleton mage	83,16	1	7Unknown

Sources of opals:

Opals are found mostly with the Mining skill, however only by mining a gem rock, which are located mostly Shilo Village alhough there are a few others found elsewhere. Uncut opals can also be found while panning at the Digsite near the River Salve, or they may be stolen from H.A.M members via the Thieving skill. There is usually a high supply of these items on the market, so trading with another player or purchasing from the grand exchange will also quickly produce them.

Processing and Uses:

Opals are sometimes used in bulk to train crafting, but this is slow, and will probably lose the player money. When cutting opals, many of the gems get accidentally crushed into a crushed gem. This continues to happen commonly even at high levels, resulting in only 3.8 Crafting experience. Opals are not used in the creation of jewellery, but are still used in the fletching skill. Using the chisel on an already cut opal will make 12 opal bolt tips (this operation will never smash a gem) and gives the player 2 Fletching experience per gem. Opal tips are used to tip bronze bolts which can then be enchanted.

Other uses:

Cut opals may be sold to Gabooty's Tai Bwo Wannai Cooperative in Tai Bwo Wannai Village for 30 trading sticks, while uncut may be sold for 12. This may be explained by the fact that attempting to cut opals usually destroyes many of them, increasing the value of opals that actually survive the cutting process. During the Digsite Quest, one of the NPC's asks for an uncut opal in return for some of the answers.