Featured real opal ? pendant

hi folks

had to go into town today for parcels and went back to the shop i found the modernist pendant in

saw this gleaming at me under the till counter

i just hope its as good as i think it is, for the price, i dont think i overspent

its got a makers mark, and a worn sterling mark

the stones look beautiful

too good to be true ?

any info or thoughts appreciated

 

Lovely lizard, it looks SW style.
I see different colour patterns from different angles, so I would guess genuine opal, not lab. But check it yourself by slowly moving it in different angles.

 

im so happy if it is Aj, never had any opal before, theres definite movement

even though the stones are small, as beautiful as i thought it would be

gonna keep it but get a better chain for it

 

Touch of Santa Fe inc. https://www.visitgallup.com/directory/a-touch-of-santa-fe/

 

i presumed it was australian, so i was was way out there

 

And I should have been more clear, by SW style I meant the style of the Southwestern US.

 

And lab opal without question. When you see a Southwestern US design item with opal inlay, they're 99.99% chance of lab opal. Real ones are fragile and hard to cut into shape. The lab opals are flat slab and can be cut at need. They're also stable. There may be a Native smith somewhere using real opals, but there can't be many.

That said, $5 is a tag it and bag it price.

 

im not sure actually evey, seems different to lab ones ive had before, but you could be right

 

it does seem too good of a colour to be natural

found a match, but doesnt mean they are right either

https://www.rubylane.com/item/796954-R1275/Contemporary-Lizard-Pendant

 

I’d have grabbed that very fast.

 

If this is a commercially made piece, and it has a copyright symbol so that's almost a lock, it almost has to be synthetic opal. There's no way they could make a hundred or more identical ones with real opal and pray to actually get 100 usable ones..unless they started with 200.

 

right again evey

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25490910...ce6CKeqb0o5lrO3PufUf-aDa0GWycfnUaAhn-EALw_wcB

 

There's one on Ruby Lane $250

https://www.rubylane.com/item/796954-R1275/Contemporary-Lizard-Pendant

 

Oops ... sorry, didn't see the other post.

 

Nice find for 5!!!

I found this video helpful in the quest for opal knowledge. Could it be better? Yes. Was it quite helpful? Yes.



Based on the little I know I’d agree with lab created.

 

@charlie cheswick, How SWEET & GORGEOUS that IS!!!! And is there something written at the pointed end of the tail????

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Not that I can see.

 

Great piece/price.I think that shop's a bit bewitched Charlie,by a spell I call the Cheswick Paradigm-amazing again !

 

just had

well im still genuine opal begging, my favourite stone by a long margin

 

They are beautiful.