Moko Pounamu, Black Opal Doublet & Stirling Silver Pendant

This stunning Pendant features unique Australian Black Opal Doublet with flashes of red, green and blue set in Stirling Silver , this beautiful design enhances the raw beauty and colours of the natural Black opals.

Australian Black Opals are the most valuable and widely known type of opal. Black opal is characterised by a dark body tone which can range from dark grey to jet black. Because of their dark body tone, the rainbow colours in a black opal stand out much better than lighter opals. It is this vibrancy of colour that makes the Black Opal the most valuable form of all opals.

Doublets - Doublets consist of two layers adhered together with glue; A black backing which is made of either black potch (colourless opal), brown ironstone or sometimes vitrolite and a thin slice of opal. The thickness of the opal in a doublet can vary, however it is generally thicker than the opal found in a Triplet. Doublets and triplets are generally much cheaper than solid Black Opals as they only contain a small amount of genuine opal.

Black Opal Doublet & Stirling Silver Pendant

Size

Stone- 17mm Long x 6mm Wide

Pendant - 20mm Long x 9mm Wide

This pendant comes supplied with a 45cm Stirling Silver chain.