Bubblegum Opal

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We collected this “bubblegum” opal in Utah a few years back.  I shaped the stone and Sherry completed the metal work around it. Then added it to a necklace of colorful glass beads.  Depending on your screen, double clicking the image will enlarge it to show the crystal pockets within the stone within the swirls of color.  The material was formed eons ago from outflow of a mineral hot springs.

While most people are planning for their Super Bowl Sunday, we will be in Yuma for a Blues music festival.  Hope your week is blessed.