Opal Earrings

As I was maturing into adulthood I did not think that the bright pink zircon color suited me, I need something to give me that mature and elegant classy look and  opal earrings were exactly what I needed. Opal is such an exquisite stone it should be worn on special occasions.

My birthday is in the month of October. When I was growing up I was given several different pieces of jewelry with my birthstone.

The birthstone that is most often given for the month of October is a bright pink zircon. I have never really cared too much for the birthstone jewelry because the stone has an inexpensive look to me.

I mentioned this to my husband one day when we were looking into a jewelry case. The sales clerk over heard me and said that the actual birthstone for October is opal.

She stated that pink zircon was often substituted because opal is such a soft stone so it does not wear as well. Many people like to wear birthstone pieces on a daily basis and opal does not stand up to that kind or wear.

Opals have always been my favorite stone. There are many colors of opal as well as the traditional milky stone. Our wedding anniversary was a few weeks after we had the conversation with the jewelry clerk.

For our anniversary we went out for dinner to one of our favorite restaurants. After we ordered our dinner my husband handed me a beautifully wrapped gift box. Inside was a pair of opal earrings.

I was very thrilled with the gift. The opal earrings were a fiery blue color that had many other colors as they reflected the soft lighting in the restaurant. The waitress had appeared with our salads as I was still admiring the opal earrings.

She stated that her birthday is in October so that the opal is her favorite gem stone. I explained to her that I had just recently learned that the opal was my birthstone. As we were discussing October birthdays we discovered that we had been born on the same day.

Our laughing and lengthy conversation brought the manager over. He noticed the gift wrap on the table from the box that the opal earrings had been in. He asked if it was my birthday. We explained that it was our wedding anniversary. The manager had a bottle of wine sent to the table to help us celebrate the occasion.

At the end of the meal a group of the waiters and waitresses brought over a piece of cake for us to share and sang us an anniversary wish. I told my husband that we should take anniversary gifts along to restaurants all the time if it meant free wine, dessert and special treatment.

The next day I wore my opal earrings to work. My co-workers thought they were very attractive. That day I was so thrilled to have received such a beautiful pair of opal earrings and could finally say look how magnificent my birthstone is.

Resources

Black Opal - All of Nature’s splendour seems to be reflected in the manifold opulence of fine Opals: fire and lightnings, all the colours of the rainbow and the soft shine of far seas. Australia is the classical country of origin. Almost ninety-five per cent of all fine opals come from the dry and remote outback deserts. Depending on the kind, place of occurrence, and colour of the main body, we differentiate Dark or Black Opal, White or Light Opal, Milk or Crystal Opal, Boulder Opal, Opal Matrix,

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