Mysterious shimmer

Antique Band Ring In Gold With Black Opal & Large Diamonds, Circa 1930


€ 2,390.00 *
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Antique Band Ring In Gold With Black Opal & Large Diamonds, Circa 1930
Antique Band Ring In Gold With Black Opal & Large Diamonds, Circa 1930
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Australia is known for its precious opals. These stones enjoy an almost legendary reputation, but are found in some opals so-called "flashfire" effects, where strong colours flash depending on the incidence of light from the stones. This ring from around 1930 shows an Australian black opal flanked by two diamonds in old European cuts. The impressive black opal is cut into a cabochon and shows strong green tones and a bright blue over a dark blue base colour, which glows like lightning when the light hits it. Depending on the lighting, the stone is first calm and not very spectacular, but then suddenly inspires with a firework of colours. Made of warm shiny yellow gold, the ring is comfortable to wear as it presents itself relatively flat and cuddly. It came to us from Hamburg.
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Australia is famous for the most beautiful opals in the world. But did you know that jewelry with Australian precious opals has not been around that long? The first European to discover opals in Australia was the German geologist Johannes Menge. He found opals north of Adelaide in 1841 - but little attention was paid to these finds because they were not precious jewelry-quality opals. There is no written record of the first discovery of precious opals until 1872, when commercial mining began in Queensland in the 1890s. Finally, in 1905 further opal fields were discovered in Lightning Ridge, in 1915 in Coober Pedy and in 1930 in Andamooka.
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Antique Band Ring In Gold With Black Opal & Large Diamonds, Circa 1930
Mysterious shimmer
€ 2,390.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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