Wood Opal Sterling Silver Pendant

A petite-but-mighty Wood Opal sterling silver pendant! This is a truly beautiful little gemstone, boasting fiery rainbow colour play and intricate patterns. Pendant measures 23x11x4mm, including bail. Comes with a complimentary 18" sterling silver link chain and is presented in a Two Skies gift box with colourful 'Opals' pamphlet.

Also known as petrified/opalised wood and wood replacement. Over time the opal has formed to replace the original wood/plant life, creating beautifully natural opal, ironstone and potch patterns. Wood Opal is particularly beautiful and boasts strong colour play. Our material is sourced from Yowah.
Why do silversmiths use 925%? Measured in parts per thousand, pure silver (999%) is too soft so silversmiths mix it with other metals to make it it harder. The purer the metal, the higher the polish, but it is a lot softer (thus less durable). The harder the metal is, the more hard wearing the jewellery is, but it will also tarnish easier as it has less silver content. Therefore, the silver industry set a standard percentage content for fine silver (925); what we know as "sterling silver". At Two Skies our silversmiths use 925 (sterling) silver for ring shafts and moving parts, and a very high 950% on our stones settings, which enables us to get a strong jewellery item with a beautiful and secure stone setting, without any gluing. Each piece of our jewellery is hand stamped with our Two Skies Hallmark alongside the recognised industry 925 Hallmark.