Mine, all mine . . .

Rosella Opal.  It finally has a name.  I saw that my blog-friend Evie, had set a gorgeous pendant and called the stone by name when I realized that I had a little sackful of this material and all I knew was that it was from Australia and it was an opal.  Sweet!  It has a real name!  I cut and polished a few for her then these for me.  I know I've posted this stone before but I have to say it again - it positively glows!

I love this simple setting for earrings and whenever in doubt, this is the way i go.  Easy hooks, so plain and unfussy.  My new 'go to' earrings while the turquoise earrings take a break.

These are mine, all mine.  Selfishly keeping them for myself.

One a day

Sometimes it's a challenge just to get into the shop and clear off the bench. But I turned these out today just for fun - so there you go.

Off to Belgium with you!

A special order completed today and packaged to ship to Belgium. The buyer saw one of my rings on etsy and wanted one similar but bigger so I cut and polished three stones (glad I had more of this material on hand!) and she chose the biggest one for her custom ring.

The rough slab material was sold to me as opalite with is translated as a non-gem grade opal. It's the coolest shade of green with marvelous inclusions and veins. Whatever it is, it polishes beautifully and has great depth. Sorta 'green glass-y'.

I think this really turned out nice and the oxidation sets off the bright silver shine. Sweet, if I do say so myself. No, edgy.