Peruvian Boulder Opal Pendant Sterling Silver, Oxidized Granulation, Teal Green, Oval Boho Style Necklace

Peruvian opal comes from the Andes, and the color it carries out of those mountains is unlike anything produced elsewhere. This oval cab sits in the blue-green range the stone is known for, warm gold-brown matrix moving through the teal in loose, unhurried strokes that look less like geology and more like something applied with intention. It's a stone that looks interesting even before the setting begins.

Spheres in various sizes arc across the top and extend slightly down the sides of the setting. Each sphere is individually placed so the grouping gives a "frilled" effect which ornaments the stone, rather than overpowering it.
The oval orientation keeps the design grounded and horizontal, which gives the whole piece a calm, settled quality that wears differently than a teardrop or a point.

Hallmarked .925 and Blue Piranha.

Size: 1 inch (2.5 cm) long from top of bail to bottom of pendant, and 3/4 inch (1.9 cm) wide. Weight is 5 grams. 

The pendant arrives gift boxed in a soft pouch with a story card.

Each pendant is available without a chain. If you'd like to add one, I offer several lengths and styles, please choose from the options at checkout. Every chain comes with a 2-inch extender so you can vary the length.

Good for: the person who finds the landscape in unexpected places. The collector who wants provenance, craft, and color in the same piece. The friend whose jewelry drawer looks like a painter's palette.

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About Peruvian Opal

Peruvian opal is found in the Andes Mountains of Peru, one of the few sources in the world producing opal in this particular blue-green range. Its color runs from bright teal to soft aqua-green, and the stone can be fully opaque or lightly translucent depending on the specimen. When the opal remains in its host rock matrix rather than being extracted from it, the finished stone carries the warm brown of the surrounding material alongside the blue-green, producing the kind of color contrast and pattern variation that solid-color opal can't replicate. Peruvian opal is not a fire opal and does not display the spectral flash associated with Australian varieties — its appeal is in its color, its translucency, and the relationship between the opal and its matrix.