Hodges specifically chose a range of opals that displayed every colour of the rainbow. Five are light opals, and one is blue-black. The opals have an assortment of different patterns, including flash, ribbon, pinfire, and kernel, which is when a secondary opal forms in a cavity of a host opal. All together, the dentures were originally valued at $250 AUD. Dr. Brown greatly disliked the dentures, calling them “ghastly” and “party teeth”. Hodges, however, was an immediate fan. When the dentures arrived at his hotel in Parkes, Hodgie moistened them in his pint of beer before popping them into his mouth.” - Brisbane Opal Museum