Featured Sterling Bracelet/Necklace With Blue/Green Sparkly Inserts....What Are These??

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by SPERLS, Mar 15, 2017.

  1. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

    Any help appreciated. IMG_6160.JPG IMG_6158.JPG
     
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  2. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Sterling and lab/manmade opal. Age...1990s or early 2000s, best guess. I don't think they're Native American, more like Thai or something.
     
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  3. SPERLS

    SPERLS sperls

    Thanks....That was quick11
     
  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I love lab opals, so it wasn't hard. Any marks on the back would help pin them down further.
     
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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Lab opals are also called Gilson opals.
     
  6. judy

    judy Well-Known Member


    I just learned something new today, and it's still very early in the a.m.

    TY Any Jewelry & Evelyb.
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Pleasure Judy.
    It was pretty early here too, sitting down to look at new threads/posts gives my muscles a chance to wake up. Or at least make a valiant effort:D.
     
  8. judy

    judy Well-Known Member

    I like the way you put that.....I'm doing the same thing!!:cat:
     
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  9. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Not all lab opals are/were made by Gilson; it's a French company. A lot of the good ones are. I think they've stopped making them.
     
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I think they've stopped too, but others are still using the technique and calling them Gilson opals. It has become more than just a company name. I thought I had saved the webpage with that information, but I can't find it now.

    Looked again, and found something else:
    http://sciencing.com/methods-create-opals-lab-7330256.html
     
    Last edited: Mar 16, 2017
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