Six Stars & a Rainbow

Vintage Brooch With Opal & Diamonds in Gold, ca. 1970


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Vintage Brooch With Opal & Diamonds in Gold, ca. 1970
Vintage Brooch With Opal & Diamonds in Gold, ca. 1970
Description
This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!
Did you know that jewellery 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 jewellery-quality opals. There is no written record of the first discovery of precious opals until 1872, and commercial mining did not begin until the 1890s in Queensland. Finally, in 1905 further opal fields were discovered in Lightning Ridge, in 1915 in Coober Pedy and in 1930 in Andamooka. This vintage brooch, discovered in the Rhineland, shows an Australian full opal cut into a shimmering cabochon. The stone shows wonderful colour reflections over the milky white base colour, especially in green and red and a little less in blue. The brooch, made of high karat gold, presents the gemstone in its center. The opal is combined with six white diamonds, which enrich the magnificent piece of jewellery with additional light reflections. The fine workmanship allows the special life of the opal to come to the fore.
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Before the discovery of precious opals in Australia, the opal mines in Dubník, Hungary, were the only European mine for precious opals. Due to the discovery of Australian opal deposits, the Dubnik mines, which had been producing mainly small stones since the 15th century, could not compete on the market and were closed down in 1922. Important finds and jewellery with Hungarian opals can be seen today in the Natural History Museum in Vienna and in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest.
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Vintage Brooch With Opal & Diamonds in Gold, ca. 1970
Six Stars & a Rainbow
€ 1,290.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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