Opal Jewelry comes in all different types and styles. What do we mean by types? is that at least three types of opal gemstone are found deep in Australia in three main areas. South Australia, NSW and Queensland. But this is not a geography lesson. The focus is on that illusory and rare precious stone called “opal”. which, according to historians, is "color change",
From what we can decide, the first type of opal found on this large continent was boulder opal and was located in Queensland in the northeastern part of the country.
So this article does not blur too much, we will try to focus on this unique opal, applicable to necklaces, and leave the discussion of white opal, crystal opal and black opal at another time.
As the name implies, Boulder Opal is often found in very large, as well as rather small boulder iron stones depending on the field. When the opal miner removes these stones from the ground, he carefully breaks off the stone, looking at the thin strands of color scattered in the mother iron stone.
With the help of large diamond saws, precious opal is produced from the matrix, and diamond grinding machines fall on the cores of color, all sorts of amazing colors and patterns are revealed. It often seems that you have the similarities of nature.
Often they are described as “image frame”. Opal is that the patterns that arise as opal veins, open, often represent interesting images. Some of them look like recognizable objects, such as clouds, trees, animals, sea creatures, for example. In other cases, the paintings look like an abstract oil painting.
Since most of this color should be saved as much as possible, the Boulder opal is often cut in free-form shape, and not in any particular form, such as an oval, rectangle, or square. This means that a necklace or a ring designer is represented by something outside the jewelry. and can often come up with very unique styles, creating "one of the kinds". pieces
Thus, an oval jewelery necklace adorning your gear will draw attention to what was not known in past history. And as your body moves, you will see a change in the color of & # 39; This opal is known to reflect some or all of the colors of the rainbow. The science behind it is wonderful. In future articles, we will look at more detailed information about how the light from the sun breaks into different colors when it hits the smallest spheres on the surface of this natural phenomenon.
