Gold Earrings
Coccole collection.
Light point earrings in 18k gold and faceted fire opals with an intense orange color. OpaleMio design made in Italy.
Additional information
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€640.00
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Product Details
P12X8
1 Item
Data sheet
- TYPE AND TONE
- Solid 1 - Natural opal
- OPAL CATEGORY
- Fire opal
- COUNTRY
- Mexico
- DIMENSIONS
- 4,00 X 4,00 mm (only stone)
The fire opal is characterized by an intense more or less homogeneous color that goes from saffron yellow to orange, up to cherry red. The Mexican opal is water repellent and owes its colors to the presence of traces of iron oxide. For hundreds of years the ancient Mayan and Aztec tribes collected opals near extinct volcanoes. It was called 'Quetzalitzlipyollitli' or 'Bird of Paradise stone' and used in rituals and ornaments. Fire opal is mainly mined in the mines of Mexico while small quantities are also found in Australia and Ethiopia.