Fine Silver Pendant with Pink Opal and Bronze Composite Heart

Pink Opal and Bronze Composite Heart is set on Fine Silver backplate with scalloped bezel.  Embellished with patinaed cast Bronze flower and Sterling leaves and Fine Silver balls. Stone:  Peruvian Pink Opal is the best Pink Opal on the market.  It is colored by a clay that surrounds it or it is usually found in a mineral called palygorskite.  It has a hardness of 6 making the pink opal some of the hardest opal in the world. Because these Opals are found in the same areas as copper (bronze is a copper alloy), most mines have transitioned from opal mining to copper mining. With the high price of copper, it is no longer cost effective to mine the opals.  20" Sterling Silver Snake Chain