Silver opal pendant with a Honduran matrix opal chain length:24" The highs when it works

The highs when it works and the lows when it doesn’t

a mixture of solid and doublets

Brilliant green

with a typical Mintabie floral pattern opal

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Silver opal pendant with a Honduran matrix opal chain length:24" The highs when it worksHonduran opal pendant. The opal has bright red, green, blue, purple flash, even in artificial light. Pendant measures 43 x 13mm approx, with an open back showing more colour on the reverse of the opal. Honduran opal is typically "matrix" type, found in volcanic basalt, occasionally there is some seam opal similar to Australian opal. As the basalt the opal forms in is already very dark, there is no treatment needed to enhance the colours. They are