Antique Black Opal and Diamond Halo Ring, French 18k and Platinum stone Its scale is commanding

Its scale is commanding

it weighs 1

This wonderful pendant was hand crafted in about 1900 and is set with 6 creamy white pearls and one oval faceted aquamarine

Graceful and timeless

Antique Black Opal and Diamond Halo Ring, French 18k and Platinum stone Its scale is commandingThere are opals and then there are Lightning Ridge opals, stones so rare and so fiercely beautiful they seem almost otherworldly; this is one of those. A great pool of midnight blue shot through with swirling ribbons of teal, cerulean, and violet, the kind of color you expect to see only in deep ocean water or in the sky just before a storm breaks. Lightning Ridge, in New South Wales, is the most important source for true black opals the rarest and