Australian Purple Blue Boulder Opal in Recycled 14k Gold Ring- Ready to Ship Size 7

About this ring:

•one of a kind
•made using lost wax casting method; hand-carved by me in wax and then cast in lush 14k yellow gold
•Australian boulder opal is a brilliant speckled blue/purple colour combination with loads of fire- very strongly coloured
•opal weighs 3.98 carats, is 15.9 mm long x 7.8 mm wide
•band is approximately 2 mm wide at its narrowest and 4 mm wide toward the opal; band is around 2 mm thick at its thickest
•ready to ship
•Size 7
•ring has been given a light brushed finish to accentuate the scalloped texture of the surface
•ring should be resizable but it needs to go to a jeweller who specializes in resizing and repair (see below information on resizing); I cannot resize for you nor advise on where to get the resizing work done if needed
•overall weight of ring is 8.94 grams; minus weight of opal, there is approximately 7 grams of gold in this ring
•casting is solid with no hollow areas; there is a small drill hole in the underside of the bezel which helped me during the stone setting process
•When considering the scale of this ring: I have huge hands, with a size 6.5 pinkie finger. My ring finger is around a 9, which is larger than the average man's ring finger. If you are unsure of the detailed dimensions provided in this listing and are having trouble envisioning how large this is in real life, please use a metric ruler for reference.


This custom ring is built around a super-shimmery and brilliantly coloured purple and blue Australian boulder opal. No matter what angle you look at this opal from, there is loads of brilliant colour. The opal cutter gave this a really nice, glossy finish. This opal does have one small natural divot at its surface in the lower left hand area… I’m not sure if this is visible in the photos or not, but if it is, this is a natural part of the surface of the opal, and is not damage to the stone.

This ring is substantial and absolutely one-of-a-kind. I built it using the lost wax casting method. First, I built by hand a wax model of what I wanted the ring to look like. When I was satisfied with its form and textures, I sent it to local casting house to have it cast in 14k yellow gold. When it returned to the studio, I sent the Australian boulder opal into the ring. This is a substantially weighted ring; it does not feel 'heavy' on the hand, but it definitely has some weight to it. There are endless textures on this ring, which has a really molten and organic sort of a form. I decorated the ring with six cast in place gold granulation/gold orbs. For the final finish, I went over this with a steel brush on a rotary tool; this helps to accentuate the layers of texture without making things too shiny.

This will fit a size 7 finger. If you'd like it up to a size 7.5, I can do this for you by sanding out the inside of the band. This will increase the ring size and reduce the overall gold weight. Let me know if you have questions about this. Any larger than an 7.5 or anything smaller than its current size, you could discuss resizing with your local jeweller who specializes in ring resizing and repair. I cannot gaurantee that they can do this work for you nor what their results might be if they do resize, so please be sure if you buy this with the intention of having another jeweller resize it for you; I am have no liability for this and your workmanship guarantee is null and void if you do so.

From Geology.com:
What is Boulder Opal?

Boulder opal is a rock that contains thin seams and patches of opal surrounded by or attached to its natural host rock. The cutter studies this rock and decides how to cut the best possible gem. That gem might be cut to display seams and patches of precious opal as they appear within their natural host rock. Alternatively, the gem might be cut in an orientation that presents a thin seam of precious opal as the face of the gem with its natural host rock as a backing.

Some people also consider "boulder opal" to be an ingenious cutting style that beautifully utilizes small seams and patches of precious opal that are too small to cut into gems of solid opal.

The boulder opal in my ring is as described above: a think seam of brilliant opal that is still attached to its host rock. If you could see this opal from the side, you would see the upper layer of the opal material, and then the underlying host rock section, which is a deep brown. Boulder opal is not a 'solid' opal where the stone is opal through-and-through; if you have any questions about boulder opals, just get in touch.



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About Specimental:

•Handmade in Vancouver, Canada since 2008
•I am a small-scale, independent jeweller who builds each bespoke piece by hand in my home studio; I am an actual artisan who creates hand-built one-of-a-kind pieces by myself
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