Spotlight on: Opals
Did you know that this is an opal?
Opals can be pink? Opals come in this much variety? An opal is that bright yellow? How does opal get all this color?
The variety in opals gives you options for big days and every day.
Sometimes life feels like it’s weighing you down. When I’m feeling dull, nothing seems to go my way, and then I feel even more in the dumps. A little negativity shouldn’t leave us feeling hopeless. When you wear an opal, there is a bright spot in every day. With the colors in opals you’ll feel happy and bright.
We know how it feels to want unique jewelry that’s made to make you feel happy. We became the opal experts so you have versatile jewelry that works with whatever you’re doing and wherever you’re going. Our opals come in a range of colors-allowing for endless outfits that are always polished (and never boring).
Opals is the only know gemstone that is able to naturally diffract light similar to a glass prism. Opals get their color from the diffraction of light through the micro-structure of the spheres of silica, the internal structure of the opal. This passage of light, like a rainbow, gives you a variety of bright colors.
Depending on the conditions in which is formed:
opal can take on many colors
Impurities in the opal give it the background color
the arrangement of the silica give it the play of color
The triangle stone is a crystal opal
These are white opals.
White opal on the left and a black opal on the right.
The triangle stone is a black opal.
You may have noticed that some opals don’t have all the colors of the spectrum. Many opals can only display blue coloring, for example. This is because the diameter and spacing of the silica spheres controls the color range.
Opal silica spheres.
The rarity of the colors is as follows:
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
Opal has been regarded as the most beautiful and exciting of all gemstones by many. Opalescent captures the green of emeralds, red of rubies, striking blues of sapphires and the royalty of purple amethyst. The brightness, brilliance and glitter of opals is what lead us to work exclusively in opals. Are you ready to make the most out of every outfit? The color in opals gives you options for big days and every day. Opals are strong and beautiful to help represent your strength and grace.