Description

A Stunning Black Opal And Diamond 18k White Gold Necklace.

Black Opal 6-7 Carats Approx.

Diamonds 2 Carats Approx.

Black opal is the most valuable variety of opal. It is also known to come from the United States, Ethiopia, Honduras, and Ethiopia.

It is proposed the Ethiopian black opal gets its color from manganese oxides.

Gem Black, Boulder, Crystal and White Opals are the world’s most valuable commercially available gemstone it is actually 5000 times rarer than diamond.

The best precious opals display all the spectral colours from red to violet. This is a feature that led the Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder (c. AD) to describe precious opals as if they were all the gemstones rolled into one:

“This most beautiful of gems combines the fire of the ruby, the brilliant purple of amethyst, and the sea-green of emerald; all shining together in glorious and incredible union.”

The beauty and mystery of this optical phenomenon made opals one of the most precious gems in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

They are sometimes referred to as the ‘queens of gemstones’. The fiery and iridescent qualities of opal

have inspired poets like William Shakespeare who, in Twelfth night, crafted a metaphor between the fleeting colours of opal,

“taffeta” and the changing mind of Duke Orsino: “Now, the melancholy god protect thee,

and the tailor make thy doublet of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is a very opal.”

The magic of Opals has been a source of wonder and inspiration for all great cultures and people throughout history.

Become part of this rich and mysterious history in owning this stunningly beautiful and rare Black Opal and Diamond Necklace.