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Impressive Vintage Ring with Opal & Diamonds in Gold & Silver, c. 1980


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Impressive Vintage Ring with Opal & Diamonds in Gold & Silver, c. 1980
Impressive Vintage Ring with Opal & Diamonds in Gold & Silver, c. 1980
Description
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There are such and such opals. Most Australian precious opals shine against a milky-bright background with individual, elegant spots of color. Sometimes it shines here, then there, and gradually all the colors of the rainbow appear. But only a few, really few, select opals unleash such a frenzy of colors that you can't help but be amazed when you look at them - just like the opal in this ring. The impressive Australian opal weighs more than 16 carats. It is cut as an elongated, flat cabochon, giving it plenty of surface area to show off its colors. And there really are a lot of colors. Depending on the viewing direction, the stone glows in intense red, richly interwoven with blue and violet, and then again in green and yellow. In fact, the main color impression depends on the direction of the light: Backlit, the cooler tones tend to come out. If the ring is held in the direction of the light - i.e. with the sun behind it - the stone glows in the warm colors. The large ring surrounds the opal with a frame of sparkling, brilliant-cut white diamonds. A total of 1.25 ct of brilliant-cut diamonds are gathered here. The diamonds are set in silver, while the undercut and the setting of the opal are made of yellow gold. The ring very probably originated from a brooch - we think shortly after its creation around 1980. We discovered the ring in Geneva. It is in very good condition and is accompanied by an independent appraisal from Vienna.
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Impressive Vintage Ring with Opal & Diamonds in Gold & Silver, c. 1980
Shifting Perspectives
€ 6,980.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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