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OPAL 161

Settings

Opal and garnet ring | Based around a

4.18-carat opal cabochon, this intricate ring

is also set with various garnets as beads or

carvings, and brilliant-cut diamonds.

Arts and Crafts necklace | With blue opal

cabochons, emeralds, and pink tourmalines,

this necklace was made by Georgie and

Arthur Gaskin in the early 20th century.

Opal peacock brooch | This Harry Winston

brooch features a 32-carat black opal from

Lightning Ridge, Australia, set with sapphires,

rubies, emeralds, and diamonds.

Opal earrings | In these gold earrings,

a pair of double-domed fire opals are

surrounded by foliate wreaths set with

diamonds, with diamond-set suspensors.

Louis Comfort Tiffany opal | Some opal is

so valuable it is cut in a shape to match the

rough to avoid waste. Such is the case with

this black opal with its irregularly-shaped cut.

Doublet earrings | These modern

earrings consist of four opals surrounded

by 1.82 carats of diamonds, set in

18-karat white gold.

Pink opal ring | This playful Cartier ring

features pink opal set into 18-karat pink gold,

with a diamond. Its motif reoccurs throughout

the Amulette de Cartier range.

Pink opal bracelet | Created by Van

Cleef & Arpels, this delicate bracelet is set

with 29 cabochons of pink opal from the

Wello region of Ethiopia.

Known since a ntiq u it y,

opal derives its name from

the Latin word “o p a lu s”,

meaning “precious stone”

Fire opals

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