Opal Gemstone Beads, Pendants and Cabochons

Premium quality wholesale Opal gemstone beads, pendants and cabochons for jewelry making and designing. Carefully selected gemstones help you create outstanding necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Opals are prized for their rich play of colors with the higher quality specimens displaying more of this characteristic. Jewelry makers enjoy using Opals in designs partially due to this quality. The colors of Opal include white, gray, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, magenta, rose, pink, slate, olive, brown and black, with red on black being the rarest. Opals contain between 3% to 20% water and therefore should be protected from heat and strong light which may dry them and cause water loss and thus iridescence. They are found in Australia, Mexico, Peru and the U.S.A.  The exception to this is Ethopian Opal which don't seem to need hydration and love sunlight.  It is implied that Opals soothe the eyes and the nerves.

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