Silver opal pendant with a Honduran matrix opal chain length:24" Brilliant green

Brilliant green

Double sided opal pendant set in 18k yellow gold

measures 8x5mm approx

green and purple with some blues

plain band

Silver opal pendant with a Honduran matrix opal chain length:24" Brilliant greenHonduran opal pendant. The opal has bright red, green, blue, purple flash, even in artificial light. Pendant measures 43 x 13mm approx, with an open back showing more colour on the reverse of the opal. Honduran opal is typically "matrix" type, found in volcanic basalt, occasionally there is some seam opal similar to Australian opal. As the basalt the opal forms in is already very dark, there is no treatment needed to enhance the colours. They are