Discover: Opals
Hand‑finished strand of rare Australian opals, each bead uniquely formed - Complimentary shipping from Venice, California.
Unlike cut opal jewelry, this necklace showcases whole Australian opal beads in their natural state—each with distinct color play and organic shape. Strung as a fluid movement of light, the beads shift and reveal themselves with every turn of the neck.
For someone who seeks the raw artistry of rare stones presented as they’re found in nature. This one‑of‑a‑kind piece is exclusive to Chariots on Fire.
- All sales final. As an official Brooke Gregson stockist, we guarantee 100% authentic handcrafted fine jewelry. Each piece is hallmarked and authenticated.
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Words by Elise
Ancient Greek mythology spoke of the opal as ‘Zeus’s tears;’ Arabic legend claims the stone to be born at the moment of a lightning rod’s strike to the earth. In equal manner does the Opal harness for itself the seeming dichotomies of fire and ice—across the stone’s interplay of color, each surges forth to a kind of mesmerizing coexistence.
A stone endlessly reticent of any singular tonal expression, it displays an unpredictable, seemingly mystic diffraction of light—the literal manifestation of ‘opalescence.’
Amongst the rarest varieties of opal, Boulder-Opal embeds itself on the surface of sedimentary rock—sandstone or ironstone, customarily—which lends it a unique durability.
Did you know? Authentic Boulder opals embed naturally in sedimentary rock. — Their beauty revealed through an open-back setting.