Opal Jewelry

Play of color: The range of hues an opal reflects plays an important role in determining value. Opals that flash red hold a higher value than more common stones that have a green or blue hue.

Pattern: Evocative terms such as harlequin, fire, and peacock describe the unique interplay of color in an opal.

Brilliance: The amount of light an opal reflects and the hue it reflects factor into an opal's value. The most valuable opals show brilliant flashes of color. Lesser-quality opals have dull or subdued colors.

Color bar: The thickness of the opal layer containing color corresponds to value. Opals with a thicker color bar typically hold a higher value.

Body tone: The underlying color of an opal determines rarity and factors into its value. Black opals, being very rare, are most valuable. White opals, the most common opals, often hold the least value. Light gray, gray, and semi-black opals fall in the middle in terms of value.

Faults: Opals with cracks, inclusions, or other faults become less valuable.

You can get the opal bracelet made by getting together a few solid opal stones. They are natural and are available in many shapes, round, oval, square or rectangle. If you want a stylish, delicate bracelet, then use doublets or triplets. They are actually a thin layer of opal stone with a black base glued to it. This arrangement enhances the reflection quality of the stone and makes it shinier, thus adding to its beauty.

Opal ear ring comes in few colours, white, cream, yellow, orange, green, blue, red or black. Though, the most popular and sought after are white and black coloured opal stone. White color opal being the cheapest and widely available while the black coloured opal is the rarest and a little expensive, for it is called by experts as "an investment".

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