How to care for opal jewelry

Opal Caring

It Must be placed in the shade  preservation. Because the opal includes the massive moisture contents, and it will expose too quick for a long time when under the sun or the glare that will dehydrate the dehiscence.

As the opal stone contains a high percentage of water, opal may deteriorate in heat. moreover, it is a very beautiful gemstone, now it is used as a lucky charm gemstone jewelry in certain countries.

Fire opal

The fire opal is the special variety in opal. It assumes translucent to entire transparent, color for yellow and orange red. Because constitutes its silicon dioxide pellet diameter to be too small, thus does not have the play of color effect, belongs to the low-grade gem. It is the only that can be faceted, as specimens are totally transparent.

White opal

It is long as the gem history, its basic colors have the achromatic color, the white, the French grey, the buff color and the lilac and so on, after pondering over the cambered surface gem, the surface of opal will reappear the beautiful play of color. Take the bottom color as pure white, play of color color brightness is best.

Black opal

After the 20th century , opal was discovered by the Australian, only then by the people are known. Its color is black, the deep green, dark blue, the deep ash and brown and so on, take the black as best. The black European amber surface reappears many color plays of color, under the blue black background serves as contrast, appears especially dazzling.

when using the electric drier and so on electric appliances or spray chemistry goods and so on perfume, should also better avoid wearing the opal.

Some thin opal stone, may separate a half year to place in the water period of time, for taking the maintenance.

There are numerous varieties of opal in world, each one attractive in its own way. According to the color characteristic and the optical effect, the natural opal divides into the white opal, black opal and the fire opal three types.