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#427899 - 08/22/08 08:25 AM Re: Board Jewellers can you give an opinion? or anyone [Re: deb34]
Blingaholic Blingaholic BTD Crown Jewel Registered: 03/25/07 Posts: 10448 Loc: Northern VA	<3 ooooh, i love the colors!! _________________________ My DiamondBistro Store
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#427900 - 08/22/08 08:26 AM Re: Board Jewellers can you give an opinion? or anyone [Re: Blingaholic]
deb34 deb34 Afficionado Registered: 09/05/06 Posts: 537	I do too, but does it look sort of plastic to anyone else? The stone , I mean not the setting.
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#427901 - 08/22/08 08:26 AM Re: Board Jewellers can you give an opinion? or anyone [Re: Blingaholic]
Blingaholic Blingaholic BTD Crown Jewel Registered: 03/25/07 Posts: 10448 Loc: Northern VA	btw, just curious, what do you find strange? _________________________ My DiamondBistro Store
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#427902 - 08/22/08 08:28 AM Re: Board Jewellers can you give an opinion? or anyone [Re: Blingaholic]
Blingaholic Blingaholic BTD Crown Jewel Registered: 03/25/07 Posts: 10448 Loc: Northern VA	it does look rather too perfect. i'm curious now. _________________________ My DiamondBistro Store
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#427905 - 08/22/08 08:37 AM Re: Board Jewellers can you give an opinion? or anyone [Re: Blingaholic]
upgradable upgradable Connoisseur Registered: 08/01/06 Posts: 1810	The listing calls it a "cultured opal." I have several man made opals and they are not the same compound as naturally occuring opals. They are lovely, as this one is, but it is not a "real" opal. _________________________ ~Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.~ E. Roosevelt
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#427906 - 08/22/08 08:38 AM Re: Board Jewellers can you give an opinion? or anyone [Re: deb34]
MissDymonds666 MissDymonds666 The Black Orlov Registered: 09/03/07 Posts: 4521	It's beautiful! However, it is NOT your conventional opal. I know because my mom has one. It's blue with lots of colors. It is indeed an opal BUT I forget the name of it. It isn't a regular opal though. My mom's is marquise shaped, set in a YG filigree setting and the opal has a black border. I LOVE that ring! Edited by MissDymonds666 (08/22/08 08:39 AM) _________________________ MissDymonds' listings: http://diamondbistro.com/index/other/seller320.htm
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#427907 - 08/22/08 08:39 AM Re: Board Jewellers can you give an opinion? or anyone [Re: Blingaholic]
deb34 deb34 Afficionado Registered: 09/05/06 Posts: 537	Whenever i've looked at images of real opals, the colours shift according to the light. These colours seem to be too "there" at all angles if anyone gets what I mean. The colours are not shifting like I think they should from different angles. Also, there is no gloss on the polish of the stone, it's really flat. And another thing that bugs me is how the colours almost seem painted on, almost all look like little dabs of a brush....you know, I've talked myself out of bidding on this even if I love the setting $\:\)$ I'll try and post another link to another opal i'm pretty sure is real so that you can compare. Genuine Opal?
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#427909 - 08/22/08 08:39 AM Re: Board Jewellers can you give an opinion? or anyone [Re: upgradable]
Sparkles McGee Sparkles McGee Fiend Registered: 06/14/08 Posts: 108 Loc: Anywhere But Here	The opal looks kinda photoshopped in the setting to me. Maybe it's just the way it's photographed. ETA: Oh never mind. I didn't scroll down to the real pics. Hmm. It's very pretty. Edited by Sparkles McGee (08/22/08 08:40 AM) _________________________ You can call me "Smee" for short! Yay!
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#427910 - 08/22/08 08:40 AM Re: Board Jewellers can you give an opinion? or anyone [Re: deb34]
Blingaholic Blingaholic BTD Crown Jewel Registered: 03/25/07 Posts: 10448 Loc: Northern VA	YES! the 2nd one you can see it's glossy (unless it's a doctored pic) and the first one is so flat. _________________________ My DiamondBistro Store
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