Opal and Iolite Raindrop

Opal doublet, iolite, sterling silver.

I love opals, I hate photographing the damn things. (better color shot [link] )

I got some gorgeous Australian opal doublets at the gemshow last weekend and had to dig in my dwindling stash of metal to play with them, but it's so frustrating, I can't do this stone justice.

It's a great rich blue with green fire but wouldn't play nice with the apatite I'd originally planned to use with it. So after much running between indoor and outdoor lighting I opted for a nice clear mellow violet iolite. The whole piece is a bit over 2" by a bit over 1/2".

I decided to try an elongated pendant, since I tend towards turing the smaller cabs in my double wraps east-west. I'm not sure about this yet.

For sale on etsy @ [link] or note me