Triplet Opal Platypus Pendant in Sterling Silver · Style 142

• Price: $60.00 AUD
• Stone size: 6mm x 4mm
• Opal type: Triplet Opal
• Metal: Sterling Silver
• SKU: SS-T-P-142

Sterling silver platypus pendant set with a hand-selected 6mm x 4mm triplet opal. Each opal is unique, so colours and pattern will differ from the photo.

This playful pendant is cast in sterling silver in the shape of a platypus, with a rounded body, a long bill, a paddle-like tail and little webbed feet. An oval triplet opal measuring 6mm x 4mm sits in the middle of the body, held in a smooth bezel setting that wraps neatly around the stone. A small bail at the top lets the pendant hang from a chain.

A triplet opal is made from a thin slice of natural opal, backed with a dark layer and capped with a clear layer of quartz or glass. The cap protects the opal and gives it a glossy, domed look. Triplets are known for bright flashes of play of colour, which shift and shimmer as the pendant moves in the light.

Every opal is hand-selected and unique, so the colours and pattern of the stone you receive will differ from the one in the photo. The silver platypus design stays the same. This piece comes from Umoona Opal Mine & Museum in Coober Pedy.

Details

• Opal type: triplet opal (thin opal slice with a backing and a clear quartz or glass cap)
• Stone shape: oval
• Stone size: 6mm x 4mm
• Metal: sterling silver
• Setting style: bezel
• Design: platypus pendant with bail
• Opal selection: hand-selected, each stone unique

Australia-wide shipping, dispatched from Coober Pedy. Browse the full opal collection.