Dazzle yourself and others with beautiful opal earrings
When looking for earrings for the special someone in your life you often run into earrings composed of a stone called Opal
. Opal is a stone that can be composed of many colors including clear, red, greens, blues, yellow and even the rarest black. Opal is almost exclusively from a few towns in Australia thus it's usually a very expensive stone. Now that science has perfected the synthetic process of making Opal prices have gone down in the last few years.
Opal has quite an intense history. In the Middle Ages wearing an opal stone was considered a sign of great luck, and if you kept it in your hand wrapped in a bay leaf you were believed to have infinite power and luck. More recently in the 1800s it became less popular after a book by Sir Walter Scott included a character that was killed by a magical opal pendent.
Blue or green opal earrings look great against someone's blue or green eyes. Opal stones however available in a wide variety of colors and the rarity of the color and quality of the opal stone as well as the reputation of the jeweler all affect the price of opal jewelry. However when shopping around for set op opal earrings for that special someone you should make sure that your stone is natural and not synthetic. The best way to do this is to check if the stone gives of fluorescence under UV light. If there is no fluorescence under UV light the stone is guaranteed to be synthetic.
So if you are looking for a beautiful set of earrings for yourself or someone special to you Opal is a great way to go. With the wide variety of colors in Opal you are almost guaranteed to find a color that will match your eyes or even bring them out. Just be sure to do some shopping around for the best prices as there are many retailers that will significantly overcharge for a set of opal earrings due to the stones natural beauty.
Dazzle yourself and others with beautiful opal earrings