About Us

Jensen Opals (Jensen Opaler) is a small family owned business run by Helena (Helle) and Hans Jensen. We have been involved with opals since we arrived in Lightning Ridge in 1992.  

   Helena who has always had a love for opals decided to turn her hobby into a business and that was the starting of Jensen Opals. In 1992 Helena started cutting free shape boulder opals to use for beaded opal pendants. It has since escalated from beaded opal pendants to designer opal jewellery. Helena loves making modern opal jewellery pieces using a variety of opals such as boulder opals, doublet opals and black opals. The black opals and doublet opals come from our own mine at the gravin opal fields. Most of the opals are set in silver jewellery and some are set in gold.  Helena is always lookink to renew and innovate her products and ideas. In late 2008 Helena started making jewelry with kangaroo leather and opals combined. This is a unique combination of two fantastic Australian products.

The opal jewelry is now sold to arts and craft shops, tourist shops and opal shops. See Wholesale if you have a shop and you are interested.

In 2006 we started exporting to Denmark. We were delighted with the response from the Danish people. Next trip is set for 2009. The black opals we sell come mainly from our own mines. Hans is involved in the mining side of the business and mines about 45 minutes out of Lightning Ridge.

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 In Danish

Jensen opals ( som på dansk ville være Jensens Opaler)  er en lille familie forretning som er ejet af Helle og Hans Jensen. Helle som altid har elsket opaler besluttede at lave sin hobby til arbejde og sådan begyndte Jensen Opals. I 1992 startede Helle sin hobby med at slibe opaler af rå boulder opal som hun lavede til opal vedhæng med hul. Siden har det eskaleret til design opal smykker med opaler sat i sølv.  Opal vedhængene med hul er blevet til en stor succes og bliver solgt i opal forretninger, turist forretninger, kunst og håndværk forretninger og til opal partys.

Hans er barnefødt i Tørslev, og han rejste til Australien i 1990. Helle som er født og opvokset i Kolding fulgte efter i 1992. Helle og Hans har boet i opalmine-byen Lightning Ridge i 14 år. Området producerer de fleste af verdens sorte opaler.