An ancient Roman natural scientist once said that on an opal, you can see ruby-like flames, amethyst-like spots and emerald-like green sea, which are colorful, seamless and beautiful! Opal is also called opal. High-quality opal is known as the "palette" of gems. It is famous for its special color-changing effect and is also designated as the birthstone of October.
Australia is the main producing area of opal. It can be said that 95% of the opal stones in the world are produced here, and there are many kinds of opal stones produced here, with different colors and different body colors. White body color is called white opal, black, dark gray, blue, green and brown body color is called black opal, and orange, orange red and red body color is called fire opal. Among them, Black Opal is internationally recognized as the most appreciated and valuable Opal variety, with the highest price, but its output is also declining year by year. In addition, Mexico is also the main producer of opal, but generally it mainly produces fire opal, albumin stone, crystalline opal and so on.
Opal not only has a variety of body colors, but also its color changes are colorful, such as the hot Xia Hong scenery and Monet's water lily pictures. Moreover, different designs also give Opal different styles and changes.
The black opal ring worn by Zhang Ziyi comes from the brand's high-end jewelry series. The most striking thing about this ring is the Australian black opal which weighs 24.3 carats in the middle. This black opal turns blue and green, like a nebula. Designers use titanium as the main material, with purple sapphire, amethyst, sapphire and so on. , perfectly shaped this exquisite and realistic three-dimensional flower.
The ring holder under the flower is made of platinum and inlaid with a circular cut Savorite, imitating the shape of the branches of the flower.
The main stone of another ring in the same series is also black opal, weighing about 9 carats, and its color changes bright red. In order to set off its color change, designers use arc-cut rubies and purple sapphires as stamens and pink spinels as petals. Petals rolled slightly, like a blooming poppy, enchanting and charming.
With the increasing scarcity of black opal resources, many jewelry brands have begun to use black opal as the main stone for a series of designs. For example, the following high-end jewelry series. This whole series includes 27 items such as necklaces, rings, hidden bracelets and watches, and each piece of jewelry is inlaid with an opal with curved surface cutting as the main stone. The main stone is surrounded by various colorful treasures, which are consistent with the color change of each opal. Some of them are like the ocean, others are like the universe, and each work is bright and dazzling. The most unique thing in this series is these hidden bracelet watches!
This jewelry watch feels like the sea of Maldives, dark and charming. The color matching of the whole gem is mainly blue tone, supplemented by green tone. The black opal on the watch cover is oval, surrounded by diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, turquoise and Pale tourmalines. The blue-green change of the main stone naturally extends outside the watch cover. Gently unscrew the cover and you will see the diamond-encrusted dial, which is exquisite and dazzling!
Different from the above, the main color of this model is mainly green, supplemented by blue. The black opal on this watch cover is relatively small and cut into an arc. It is surrounded by yellow sapphires, emeralds, sapphires and sapphires, which set off the color changes. The fire is charming, like a nebula in the depths of the universe.