Buy Inlay Opal Silver
Rings Online At Wholesale Prices. Opal Auctions has all shapes and different
designs of Inlay Opal Rings and these are one off creations that are unique and
unlike any other gemstone. It is rare for someone to have an identical Inlay
Opal Ring.
This is due to the crystal opal that is inlayed. This opal
comes from lightning ridge or south Australian opal fields and they do vary
considerably in pattern n brightness
Crystal inlay form lightning ridge is mostly blue colours and
hard to find fire colour crystals here as most can be cut into stone as once
over2 mm the opal is more valuable as a stone than as inlay.
South Australian opal fields were once also under the sea so
opal miners do find lot fossils and opalized shells. If these shells are whole
they are very valuable but some are only thin 1 to 1.5 mm thick and these break
when mining so are ideal to make into inlay rings as the colour of shells is
normally very bright
The opal is than set in silver ring setting and black paint
is added to back so the opal colours are greatly enhanced
So milky green opal when enhanced will be electric green
colour and that is why these rings are so popular. Most inlay is for small
pieces only, but when you have several
joined together the fire colours can be striking a similar to channel setting diamonds
Inlay is mostly rectangular or square shape a s they need to
fit the contour of the finger but some jewellers make round inlay crystals a s cutting
machines are now accurate to inlay these as most other shapes are cut by hand
and inlayed and is very time consuming process
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