Opal Earrings

Posted in: Design by weddingcometrue | March 5th 2010 | no comments

Opal earrings, get fresh and mysterious! - Opal gemstone used to be appreciated for ages, due to its changing colors and texture, which is almost the same with the glass texture, characteristic which gives opal an reflecting nuance. Colorless, grey, brown, yellow or even orange opals  were firstly taken in account by Indian jewelers, who used them to decorating temples and statues of gods. In other ancient cultures, opal was believed to be thieves` or spies talisman or contrary opal was regarded as a lucky stone, which surely have made some fall in love with a certain person.

Nowadays, it seems, that the meaning of guaranteed attraction between a woman- wearing an opal- and her beloved, has survived. Opals are mysterious, thanks to their undecided colors: one blue opal will always keep a grey nuance, the antagonism of two colors will be your opal more seductive and mysterious than any jewel in your jewelry box. Now you understand why stars as Britney Spears are crazy about opals.

Talking about opal earrings, you will have to know that genuine opal items are a little bit expensive, starting from 200$. If you feel that your budget doesn`t allow such investment, you can opal have imitations earrings, but they won`t show off that mysterious and undecided color of a true opal. If you are decided for genuine opal earrings, you will have plenty models to choose from: white opal teardrop (about 580$) or blue opal teardrop earrings (about 540$), 14 K yellow gold stud opal earrings (about 540$), triangle grey opal and obsidian earrings (about 560$),

Obsidian is the perfect antagonist partner for opal in jewelry. The obsidian gemstone is formed after the lava has got cold and so, it keeps a sort of black and grey color, which highly contrasts with the light colors of opal gemstone.  The team opal- obsidian can be deliver fabulous green- grey, blue- light black, velvet- grey or jade- grey earrings, which are a little bit cheaper (one pair will cost you about 180- 380$).

Once that the opal gemstone is combined with sterling silver, opal earrings will descent as price, but won`t lose anything of their beauty. You can have a delicate green or blue opal earrings about 150- 190$).

If you feel like a teenager again or for your teen daughter, jewelers have created single heart opal earrings (about 300$) or double hearts opal earrings (about 160$), either made of yellow or white gold.

For special occasions, when all that you want is to be the queen of the night, jewelers recommend you a limited edition of 18 K white gold grey opal chandelier earrings ( about 600$) or a 14 K yellow gold and grey opal dangle drop earrings (about 500$) , you will surely look like an adorned and graceful Indian goddess.