Le Vian - 18K Strawberry Gold Neopolitan Opal 3 cts Pendant with Chocolate Diamonds 1 cts Nude Diamonds 58 cts

NEOPOLITAN OPALTM The lore of opals is plentiful just like the variety of colors found in this fascinating kaleidoscopic gem The Romans believed it was the most powerful of gems and named the stone opalus The Greeks thought opals gave them the power of prediction Europeans saw a symbol of hope purity and truth One famous opal The Burning of Troy was given by Napoleon to Josephine Internal diffraction is what creates the colors you see in an opal and provides its shimmering iridescence The colors dependent on the size of the silica spheres within the stone Small spheres show . Source