Fairy Opal & Garnet Pendant (18")

This fairy opal and garnet pendant is a one off design handmade from a large, 4.20 carat, solid Australian fairy opal hand pinned in sterling silver with Bali style daisy spacer beads and a small, 0.65 carat, AAA grade, Mozambique garnet. The gems are presented on a solid silver ring and classic 18" sterling silver trace chain.

The fairy opal used in this pendant comes from Queensland, Australia. Fairy opal is a type of treated matrix opal - it is still a naturally mined stone but the opal is given a hot sugar bath treatment that turns the original sandy brown matrix a deep black/brown, which is a) more attractive and b) helps the colours pop out more. It is a lovely kind of opal with colours scattered in pin prick or confetti pattern all over the stone (in fact, it is sometimes known as confetti opal). We had lots of different grades of fairy opal available to us when we purchased our stones. We opted for the highest grade, as it had a greater variety of colours present, with greens/blues/purples/reds & yellows all to be found.