Honey Color Ethiopian Welo Opal Pendant with 14k Gold Filled Cable Chain <<< SOLD >>>
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A pendant made of Ethiopian Welo Opal, wire wrapped with 14k Gold Filled wire and hanging from a 14k Gold Filled 16" long, sturdy but still delicate cable chain.
The smooth flat Welo Opal briolette has a beautiful honey golden play-of-colors, and measures 1,7 x 1,2 cm without the bail.
Please read more about Ethiopian Opal under the pictures.
For matching Ethiopian Welo Opal earrings please click here.
Please note that all items come in a lovely Cantik! gift box.
The smooth flat Welo Opal briolette has a beautiful honey golden play-of-colors, and measures 1,7 x 1,2 cm without the bail.
Please read more about Ethiopian Opal under the pictures.
For matching Ethiopian Welo Opal earrings please click here.
Please note that all items come in a lovely Cantik! gift box.
Although it has been reported that Northern African opal was used to make tools as early as 4000 BC, the first published report of gem opal from Ethiopia appeared in 1994, with the discovery of precious opal in the Menz Gishe District, North Shewa Province. The opal, found mostly in the form of nodules, was of volcanic origin and was found predominantly within weathered layers ofrhyolite. This Shewa Province opal was mostly dark brown in color and had a tendency to crack. These qualities made it unpopular in the gem trade. In 2008, a new opal deposit was found near the town of Wegel Tena, in Ethiopia's Wollo Province. The Wollo Province opal was different from the previous Ethiopian opal finds in that it more closely resembled the sedimentary opals of Australia and Brazil, with a light background and often vivid play-of-color. Wollo Province opal, more commonly referred to as "Welo" or "Wello" opal, has become the dominant Ethiopian opal in the gem trade.