This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about 2mm

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about 3mm

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about .75mm

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about .4mm(yes .4)

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals.Entire crystal is only about .75mm(3/4mm), so FOV is about 1.3mm

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

Surface Dendrites on Welo Opal, likely manganese oxide.

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about .75mm

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about .50mm

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about .24mm(yes .24)

Bague en or 750 avec une opale éthiopienne sertie en cabochon rond

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about .75mm

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals.Entire crystal is only about .75mm(3/4mm), so FOV is about 1.1mm

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about 2mm

Inclusions inside on of the crystals. FOV is about .3mm(yes .3mm).

This is a fabulous 18k solid yellow gold ring, featuring a spectacular Welo opal bezel set. What an eye catcher! The ring has the highly desired modern look. The piece is handmade and features the “barely there” ring band style accentuating the impressive statement look of the round cabochon opal, and giving this ring allure and extra Interest.

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Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about .65mm(yes .65)

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about 1.2mm

Crystals found embedded in rhyolitic host material of Welo opals. FOV is about 1mm

This is a Welo Opal with plumes. Identical in srtucture to that of a plume agate. I will have more details later.

Sorry for quality of these shots, not my usual, but too unique not to post, lol. This was a tough shoot! I will have better ones later when do them through my M420 microscope. These were just shot with Panasonic FZ8K + Raynox MSN-202 with the camera in tele macro mode for maximum magnifications.

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This is a Welo Opal with plumes. Identical in srtucture to that of a plume agate. I will have more details later.

Sorry for quality of these shots, not my usual, but too unique not to post, lol. This was a tough shoot! I will have better ones later when do them through my M420 microscope. These were just shot with Panasonic FZ8K + Raynox MSN-202 with the camera in tele macro mode for maximum magnifications.

The first pendant in this design series, the rim on silver protects the bezel set opal.

Available on my website (SOLD)

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Surface Dendrites on Welo Opal, likely manganese oxide.

Surface Dendrites on Welo Opal, likely manganese oxide.

made with Biwa pearls as the focal bead and dressed with black spinel, small fresh water pearls, and several rare Ethiopian Welo Opals. The metal is all sterling silver.

A beautiful hand cut welo opal, with a yellow body color and large flashes of fire! 3 droplets of solid 14K yellow gold match the stone color almost perfectly.

Available on my website (SOLD)

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Surface Dendrites on Welo Opal, likely manganese oxide.

Surface Dendrites on Welo Opal, likely manganese oxide.

Here is a few we hand cut here in Bavaria in may 2009. notice the big differences in the base colors of the opals found in Welo, Ethiopia.