14k Solid Yellow Gold with Natural Opal and Sapphire Pendant

Opal has been revered through time as a symbol of hope, fidelity, and purity. The ancient Romans admired Opal for its color, as it encompasses the colors of all other gems. Today, opal is still prized for its unique play-of-color, the ability to diffract light into flashes of rainbow color.

The October birthstone’s dramatic play-of-color has inspired writers to compare it to fireworks, galaxies and volcanoes. Bedouins, a group of nomadic Arab people, once believed opal held lightning and fell from the sky during thunderstorms. Ancient Greeks thought opals bestowed the gift of prophesy and protection from disease. Europeans long maintained opal to be a symbol of purity, hope and truth. Hundreds of years ago, opal was believed to embody the virtues and powers of all colored stones.

Opal is also the stone given to celebrate the 14th wedding anniversary.

Long ago, it was believed that the sky was such a variety of magnificent shades of blue that the earth was embedded in a gigantic sapphire. There is no better way to describe the richness of this dynamic stone. Although it comes in a rainbow of colors, blue is the best known for the sapphire.

Composed mainly of corundum, sapphire is a very durable gem and is associated with feelings of sympathy and harmony, friendship and loyalty. Its beauty, its magnificent colors, and also its constancy and durability make the sapphire the embodiment of mutual understanding and indestructible trust.

Sapphire is September’s birthstone, and the traditional gift for the 5th and 45th wedding anniversaries, historically symbolizing truth and promise keeping.