Here come my new collection of water cast silver petal pendants - each one holding a unique treasure: Labradorite, Opal, Keshi pearl, and Dichroic glass.

In my shop with more pictures 😊

Here come my new collection of water cast silver petal pendants!

First up in focus: the genuine Ethiopian Opal necklace 🌈🔥

a glowing centerpiece set in sculpted oxidized sterling silver..

In my shop with more pictures 😊

Shot with Sony A7iv

Purple fire

Here come my new collection of water cast silver petal pendants - each one holding a unique treasure: Labradorite, Opal, Keshi pearl, and Dichroic glass.

In my shop with more pictures 😊

Ethiopian opal beads, about 100 carats. The largest beads are about 10 mm diameter. They're all clear, with brilliant colors from red to violet playing across the beads.

I didn't play around with the colors in this picture, but the contrast is pushed up to make the fabric they were sitting on disappear, so even though the color is bright and beautiful in real life, it isn't quite this electric. Linda bought these at Tucson. Ethiopian opal seems to be getting much more expensive than it was a few years ago. I guess by now people know it isn't going to craze as much as they thought it would. It's still much less expensive than Australian opal, but I think that at its best it's just as beautiful.

Ethiopian opal. Direct sunlight, exposure fusion. The stone is 8 mm on the long axis and is very lively.

Here come my new collection of water cast silver petal pendants!

First up in focus: the genuine Ethiopian Opal necklace 🌈🔥

a glowing centerpiece set in sculpted oxidized sterling silver..

In my shop with more pictures 😊

hand fabricated. Ethiopain Welo Opal and solid 18 KT yellow gold. Stack or wear singly.

Ethiopian black (or very dark brown) opal solid, purchased at the Tucson gem show. I don't know which show, just that it wasn't AGTA, where the Ethiopian opal was nosebleed expensive. The stone is 1.9 centimeters on the long axis.

ethiopian opals and solid 18 kt gold. hand fabricated.

Smooth Ethiopian Opal rondelles, with a few AAA-grade microfaceted citrines, cascading from white Hill Tribe silver flower caps.

Very luxurious earrings featuring clusters of gorgeous opals, wrapped with vermeil, on handmade lampwork glass rondelles by Isabelle Anderson, and finished with vermeil earwires.

11.11 cts, 16.49 cts, 19.08 cts

Locality: Wollo, Ethiopia

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Gem and Mineral Hall Collection

This is the smallest opal out of the lot i just got and the color is amazing one side has strips the over is honeycomb

ethiopian opals and solid 18 kt gold. hand fabricated.

hand fabricated. Ethiopain Welo Opal and solid 18 KT yellow gold. Stack or wear singly.

Ethiopian crystal opal, 16 mm on the long axis. The color play is beautiful, with a shimmering waterfall effect. This image is a fusion of two exposures. I'm not entirely happy with it - it looks too much like a painting of an opal - but I think the technique will work for getting the full range of colors in one image if I move the light source around between exposures.

From Ethiopia 4.2grams=21ct

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