Between a Rock and a Bright Place Product Description. Opal earrings.
Between a Rock and a Bright Place Product Description. Opal earrings.
Matching earrings have been getting away with doing the bare minimum for years.
Between a Rock and a Bright Place matches where it matters. Both natural Australian boulder opals carry the same blues, purples and pinks. Their freeform shapes, however, are distinctly their own.
Boulder opal forms in thin seams within ironstone. Rather than forcing those seams into two standard shapes, each stone is cut to preserve the color and character nature put there. One earring is slightly longer and more angular. The other is smaller and broader. They look related, not duplicated.
That difference makes them especially good company for the way you already dress. These earrings were not designed to rescue a plain outfit. They belong beside interesting prints, layered textures and rich fabrics, where one more thoughtful detail is entirely welcome.
You are heading to an afternoon art event wearing a printed silk blouse, a textured jacket and the layers you chose because they make visual sense to you. The blue in one opal picks up a color in the print. Then you turn your head and the other flashes purple and pink.
Someone pauses to look more closely and says, “Those earrings are so you.”
That is the compliment you wanted. Not that the earrings match each other perfectly, but that they match you.
Their relaxed sterling silver ear hooks keep them casual enough for work or lunch while the saturated color gives them plenty to contribute at a gallery, art festival or any room where nobody came dressed to disappear.
Product Details
🌈 two natural Australian boulder opals with blue, purple and pink color
⚡sourced from the Queensland opal mining fields
🔵freeform stones selected for their shared colors rather than identical shapes
🟣the larger opal measures approximately 14x10mm, with a slightly smaller companion stone
🔵both opals are approximately 4.6mm thick, giving them visible depth from the side
⚪sterling silver settings and sterling silver ear hooks
🔨hand fabricated around the natural shape of each opal
🟦packed in a blue opal bag
🚚typically ships within 48 hours via UPS Ground
✔️100% satisfaction guarantee
Matching Where It Matters
Each opal is approximately the length of a Tic Tac, although broader and flatter. At about 4.6mm thick, the stones have a substantial profile that allows you to see the natural ironstone and opal layers from the side. They are not thin flecks of color pretending to be more interesting than they are.
Their shared blues, purples and pinks give the pair visual continuity. Their different outlines keep them from becoming predictable.
The longer sterling silver ear hooks give the opals room to move. As you turn your head, one stone may brighten while the other reveals a different patch of color. The earrings continue to change without becoming formal or fussy.
They are colorful enough to hold their own beside print, texture and layers, but casual enough to wear through an ordinary workday, lunch with friends or an afternoon spent looking at someone else’s art while wearing a little Australian art of your own.
