My name is Gene McDevitt.  I am a miner, professional cutter and wholesaler of Koroit boulder opal and other curious stones.

Koroit is an opal field (an opal mining area, not a town) located in southwest Queensland, Australia.

Yes, that is a photo of me mining Koroit opal, 40 feet below the surface of the outback.  To the right is a photo taken while I was cutting opals.  Below the cutting photo are photos of some opals from Koroit I have cut.

I have been in the wholesale opal business since 1993 and mining Koroit opal since 2001.

In addition to Koroit opal, I cut and wholesale other interesting stones such as mooka jasper (mookaite), noreena jasper, tiger eye, rutilated quartz and Polish flint among many others.

Please use the buttons at the top of this page to navigate to other pages of this site to see photos of opals and the mining process and learn more about Koroit and cutting opal.

Please feel free to email me - contact information is on the “Contact” page.