A large and rather beautiful opal that displays amazing flashes of green and blue colours. The opal is a particularly lovely specimen hence it was thought worthy of mounting it in a plain 9ct gold frame. When Australian opals appeared on the world market in the 1890\u2019s, the Hungarian mines spread the idea that it was not genuine, probably because gems with such brilliant fire had not been seen before. Australia eventually assumed the mantle of premier opal producer of the world, becoming famous for Lightning Ridge\u2019s colourful and rare black and crystal stones. So they were an exciting new stone and became very fashionable from the Edwardian period onwards. This pendant was made in the 1930s and comes on a strong 9ct gold trace link chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A large and rather beautiful opal that displays amazing flashes of green and blue colours. The opal is a particularly lovely specimen hence it was thought worthy of mounting it in a plain 9ct gold frame. When Australian opals appeared on the world market in the 1890\u2019s, the Hungarian mines spread the idea that it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1000000467187,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[5308],"product_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\n