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Care of fine opal jewelry is vital if your opal jewelry is to remain looking its best. And care of opals and fine opal jewelry is different from caring for other types of gemstones. Gemstones are all different, with different chemical compositions and properties. For this reason, it is vital when considering how to care for your fine opal jewelry, to bear in mind the nature of the gemstone itself.

Natural opals are organic gemstones, which contain between 6-10% of water. Their high water content makes opals porous. This means opals readily absorb cosmetics, perfume and hairspray etc., over time, to the detriment of the gemstone.

In additions, opals are not extremely hard gems, like diamonds, and in fact are considerably softer than most other fine jewelry gemstones, such as sapphire, rubies, emeralds, etc. Their “softness” means they can be easily scratched by sharp and harder objects.

With these facts in mind, here are six top tips for care of your fine opal jewelry. Follow these and your opals will retain their mesmerising opalescence.

Care of Fine Opal Jewelry Top Tip #1
Do not wear your fine opal jewelry side by side with other jewelry pieces. This is especially important for opal bracelets and opal rings and will ensure that the individual pieces do not rub against each other. This will ensure minimal damage to your opal jewelry during wear.

Care of Fine Opal Jewelry Top Tip #2
When not being worn, keep your fine opal jewelry in separate boxes, or pouches, preferably with a soft cloth around each piece, to prevent rubbing and scratching from harder gemstones and the settings of other jewelry pieces.

Care of Fine Opal Jewelry Top Tip #3
Finish applying make-up, perfume, deodorants and hairspray BEFORE putting on your fine opal jewelry. In particular you should remember to put on your fine opal earrings AFTER hairspray. This will ensure that there is as little chemical build up on the surface of the gemstone as possible, and hence its absorption.

Care of Fine Opal Jewelry Top Tip #4
Occasionally clean your fine opal jewelry in a dilute solution of warm water and very mild detergent, such as a specialised porous jewelry cleaner or very mild washing up liquid using only gentle agitation. A specialised jewelry cleaning machine, such as Blitz Ultra Jewelry Cleaning Machine, uses just enough gentle agitation to remove all the dirt but will not draw out the oils and water from within the opal gemstone. A very soft toothbrush or a cloth can also be used but beware the risk of overscrubbing or you will damage the gemstone! 

Care of Fine Opal Jewelry Top Tip #5
Do not immerse your opal jewelry unnecessarily in water. Remove opal rings before washing hands; remove all opal pendants, opal bracelets, etc., before bathing or showering and NEVER swim wearing fine opal jewelry.

Care of Fine Opal Jewelry Top Tip #6
To preserve the moisture content of fine opal jewelry and to prevent cracking and dehydration of gemstones, rub your fine opal jewelry with a very small amount of glycerine from time to time using a soft cloth. Wipe off any excess.

Follow these Six Top Tips for Care of Fine Opal Jewelry and you will be keep your fine opal jewelry looking like new for you to enjoy for years to come.

Opal rings, whether set into precious gold or sterling silver, are a hot trend in the fashion industry. Gold opal rings add glamour and sophistication to a dressy outfit; and what better than to add a splash of color to a casual outfit than a gold opal ring?

The stunning opalescence of fine gold opal rings makes them the ideal finishing touch; and as a special present for an October birthday, what better than the October birthstone opal in a fine gold ring?

Wearing stunning bold gold opal rings is a statement of style and sophistication. Lightning Ridge Black opal rings and Mexican Jelly opals make wonderful cocktail rings or even opal engagement rings. And the more modest styles of opal inlay rings make excellent opal wedding rings!

Men’s opal rings are generally bigger and heavier than ladies opal rings.

Because opals have stunning opalescence, they are best worn as the sole “focus” jewelry piece. Keep the rest of your hand jewelry low-key… just simple pieces in the same color metal as the yellow or white gold opal ring.

Stunning opal rings are a fun way to make an outfit more interesting and are the ideal complement to the classic little black dress!  Why not complete the look with a gorgeous opal pendant necklace?

Unless you’re going for obvious excess, you will probably want to wear just one opal ring at a time. However, gold opal rings with different types of opals can look stunning together. For example, a gold opal ring with a stunning fiery Lightning Ridge Black opal can look sensational alongside a fire opal or a Mexican jelly opal ring.

The range of gold opal ring styles is dazzling.

Choose from fire black boulder opal doublets majestically set into precious 14k white gold, rainbow fire solid crystal opals in 14k yellow gold and luxuriously accented with diamonds or a sublime premium grade rainbow fire black boulder opal doublet in 18k yellow gold with diamond accents.

Whatever you decide, a gold opal ring is the perfect selection to make a fashion statement and if cared for can last several lifetimes!

Gold opal rings are highly desirable and very wearable, although, like all opal jewelry, care must be taken when cleaning it. Why not choose from this stunning selection of fine gold opal rings in precious 14k and 18k white and yellow gold. Do some smart shopping and buy your perfect gold or silver opal ring today!