Welo Opal Sterling Silver Celtic Ring
A stunning natural Welo Opal with beautiful 'aurora' colour play. You will receive the beautiful ring in the photos. The ring in this listing is included in the video showing the colourplay.
This stunning ring can cleverly span ring sizes L-O (UK) or 5¾-7¼ (US) without compromising the design concept too much . See size guide in listing photos for more details. Opal measures approximately 8x6mm.
Please note that our photographer's hands are small, please check with a ruler if uncertain of scale.
As setting adjustable rings can sometimes be a delicate procedure, we are happy to set the size for you before we sent it out to you - just let us know in the 'free gift card message' field or at checkout.
RESIZING ADJUSTABLE RINGS
It is quite easy to change the size of the ring yourself as long as you go slowly and are careful, manipulating the inner area of the band with warm fingers, rather than pulling at the end sections – this will help keep a round shape too. This ring will span quite a few sizes without compromising the original design concept. Once set, it is advisable not to resize again, as silver is quite soft and can become brittle and snap if bent too frequently.
Our Ethiopian Opals are sourced from the area of Welo, a new field only worked in the last few years. Anthropologists, however, have reported that mankind used this opal to make tools in around 4,000 years BC, which means that Africa mined opals even before Australia! Very new on the modern market, these opals are so affordable when you consider how fiery the stones are. Compared to Australian opals, they are softer, so more care should be taken with delicate jewellery. The high degree of transparency in Ethiopian opal means the colours are evenly spread through the entire gem, often resulting in bold rainbow iridescence. In fact, the number of colours in a single piece is very rarely seen in Australian material!
