Xpo Press Vendor Profile - Down to Earth Opals

Business Details and Contact Information

Down to Earth Opals

11 Morilla Street,, Lightning Ridge,, 2834, Australia
Contact
Vicki Bokros
+61 2 6829 2616
info@downtoearthopals.com.au

More About This Company

Down To Earth Opals (DTEO) has over 50 years of combined experience in the world of opals. 

Vicki Bokros is the “Rock Boss” and has personally experienced all aspects of the opal industry including mining, processing, wholesaling, buying, designing, and displaying the beautifully crafted opals and opal jewellery in the state-of-the-art showroom in Lightning Ridge, Australia – and now taking this knowledge and experience to the world. This is how a Lightning Ridge powerhouse and dynasty started ….

Andrew Kemeny is a highly skilled opal cutter and award-winning opal carver and has developed his craft over 15 years. Andrew carved the famous 34.90ct  "Fire and Ice" double-sided black opal, which is the most expensive single stone ever mined in the history of the acclaimed Discovery television series Outback Opal Hunters. Andrew also teaches opal carving for the Australian Opal Centre in Lightning Ridge.

Brett Kemeny represents the next younger generation of DTEO and is also an accomplished opal cutter and carver. Brett is the full-time cutter for the business and has also accumulated significant knowledge on Lightning Ridge opal. Brett is our most recent Tucson regular attendee and looks forward to his annual "burgerfest" on each visit.

The DTEO inventory today includes over 10,000 loose Lightning Ridge cut and carved opals.  The business is internationally renowned for the highest quality Lightning Ridge opal with likely the largest output over 30 years of top quality carved Lightning Ridge opals anywhere; and today supplies everything from opal rubs, opal specimens, and cut and carved stones to bespoke handmade opal jewellery. 

Vicki is a gifted jewellery designer and sits often for many hours to design one item of jewellery, then she engages one of three jewellers to create the spectacular pieces that are on display in the store and on this website. Every item of Lightning Ridge solid opal jewellery on sale in the showroom is 100% Australian mined, cut, designed and set.

The DTEO gallery exhibits not only Australian opal with the majority focus on Lightning Ridge of course, but also unique jewellery and collectables from around the world, complemented by stunning and distinctive Aboriginal artworks from the Utopia region of Australia, and also accompanied by a hand stitched textiles featuring Aboriginal designs under a cross-cultural project between Australia and Kashmir.

DTEO has been a regular exhibitor in Tucson since 1999 and we look forward to returning for many years to come.

 


Products
Australian Black Opal • Australian Opal • Australian Opal Gemstones • Black opal • Black Opals • Carved opal • Lightning Ridge Opal • Opal • Opal carving • Opal rubs • Opal Specimens
Fire and Ice double sided black opal as seen on Outback Opal Hunters, carved by Andrew Kemeny of DTEOAndrew and Vicki Andrew Kemeny DTEO carving opalHandful of opals in the final stages of cutting and polishing, DTEO cutting roomBrett and Andrew Kemeny, DTEO opal cutters and carversOpal in the DTEO claimRough opal gouged from the mine face, DTEO claimClimbing the ladder up from the DTEO claimFree shape opal dangle earrings designed by Vicki Bokros DTEOVicki Bokros in the DTEO claimOpal nobbyOpalized fossil from the DTEO opal claim, Lightning RidgeBlack opalBlack opalBlack opalDTEO Retail shop, Lightning Ridge AustraliaDTEO Retail shop, Lightning Ridge Australia
View All Images
Shows we'll be at, or were last year
🔍 Search All Shows & Expos Search our industry-leading database of gem, mineral, fossil, jewelry, and bead shows in the U.S. and Canada.
🔍 Search Vendors & Products Search for vendors around the world to see what shows they will be at.
📖 📭 Buy EZ-Guides We’ll mail you the next Tucson EZ-Guide and/or Denver EZ-Guide.