Fire n Ice Inlaid Blue Opal Sterling Silver Post Earrings

Dress yourself in style! These gorgeous earrings feature a sparkle and shine that makes them absolute candy for the eyes. They each hold beautifully hand cut pieces of lab Opal. Each piece of this Opal has been masterfully inlaid into shimmering channels of Sterling Silver. The Opal and Sterling Silver inlaid patterns appear on hand cut, hand stamped sheets of Sterling Silver. These post earrings are 7/8" long. Stamped Sterling.

Opal has over one hundred variety and trade names, but the list of accepted or commonly used names is much shorter. The most important and most widely known opal is the precious opal. Precious opal may be subdivided further by color modifiers, white, black, pinks, and blue, which describe the body color of the opal. Australia is famous for its white and black precious opal. Fire opal, the bright red, reddish-yellow, orange body colored opal is the second most important opal commercially. Until recently, the best fire opal came from Mexico.