Australian Boulder hotsell Opal Pendant Drilled on Leather Cord

Australian Boulder Opal Pendant Drilled on Leather Cord with Sterling Silver Findings

63.52 Carats
31 x 29 x 10mm


Boulder opal is a precious opal that is deposited in small veins, voids or checks within a host matrix varying from ironstone, sandstone and other varying types of rock. Some precious opal can even form in the cavities of fossils. Boulder opal has a strikingly unique aesthetic as it is cut as is within its host matrix, displaying a high contrast between the opal and matrix stone. Boulder opal matrix may be brown, gray, orange or white or even black-like. Opal play of color is caused by light diffraction from organized silica spheres within the precious opal. Opal colors can include every color in the rainbow, while blue and green are most common and red being the most coveted.

Arab folklore has the story that opals fell from heaven in flashes of lightning and in Oriental folklore, opals are the stone of hope. The ancient Greeks believed that its wearer was bestowed with the gift of prophecy. The name “opal” comes from Latin word opalus, meaning “precious jewel”, and from the Greek word opallios, meaning “to see a change in color”. Opal is Octobers birthstone and symbolizes faithfulness and confidence. It is believed to help stimulate originality and dynamic creativity, encouraging an interest in the arts and aids in the accessing one's true self.

Boulder Opal accounts for only 2% of all opal production out of Australia, making it a exceedingly unique stone. And to make opal even more unnecessarily more interesting, it took roughly 5 million years for 1 cm of opal to solidify and form.

SMStudios prides itself in curating these historically mesmerizing stones for makers, creators and artists, or as a gift to someone just as hotsell unique as the stone itself.

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