Loose opals are opal solids that have not been set into any jewelry yet.
The best way to have your own piece of opal jewelry that is custom made for you is to buy your loose opals first, By buying the loose opals first you can choose what color and pattern you want or prefer with the right type precious metal.
Gold and white gold are the nicest and most prestigious type of opal that compliments precious opal. A black opal goes very well with 14 or 18 carat gold. 24 carat is to soft for most jewelry.
Loose opals can be set into claw settings or rub over settings. The setting is determined on how experienced the jeweler is. Some jewelers won’t set in a rub over setting because the opal can break if too much pressure is placed on the opal.
A high domed opal is in my opinion is the nicest type of loose opal that can be set into jewelry.
Loose opals are what come from the opal cutter as a finished opal. The opal has been put through a grinding and cutting process that has been done on lapidary equipment. The grinding wheels have different grit compounds that work the opal like abrasives that slowly polish the opal to a high polish and dome or cabochon. The lapidist. Will then take the loose opals to the jeweler to be set into opal jewelry. Necklaces, pendants and opal rings are the most common types of loose opals are set in. Earrings are fairly unusual or rare because of the opals must or should be the same color, body tone and pattern in order for the opal earrings to match.
If you have a loose opal, the best place to store the loose opal is in a tissue and placed in a jewelry box. Loose opals are great for collections and can be worth more than set opal because the potential buyer can see the opal all the way around it, with no settings around it.
Investing in loose opals are the safest way buy the opal because you tell you buying the real thing.
Black opals are the most rare and best for investing in because of their rarity and value.
For more information on opal cutting or purchasing opal. Please email blackopalsdirect@live.com or you can call me on Skype My username is Blackopaldirect and it’s free!
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