This Pretty Opal Jewelry Really Brings the Heat

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This Pretty Opal Jewelry Really Brings the Heat

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Oh look, I found opals for us to drool over for a change! I wish there were more articles done on opals, but they don't come along every day, or even every week so I'm pleased to share this opalholic designer's pieces with you. Enjoy! :)

This Pretty Opal Jewelry Really Brings the Heat
June 27, 2019 by Amy Elliott

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"Exciting things can happen when a jewelry designer gets bored. This is the situation Anit Dodhia, the San Diego–based talent behind Kaali Designs, found himself in recently.

Last February, while at exhibiting at JCK Tucson, Dodhia was already feeling the urge to stray from the abundance of rustic champagne and gray diamonds in his collection. “The market is too saturated with these stones at the moment,” he says. And opals—beautiful, blue Australian boulder opals with their streaks of orange and green fire—seemed like the perfect antidote.

Not that opal jewelry isn’t readily available at all ends of the market, but that doesn’t make it any less desirable. A colleague introduced him to an Australian supplier who’s partnered with an opal miner who also happened to be exhibiting at JCK Tucson.

Dodhia had worked with Ethiopian opals on a few occasions, but this was his first adventure with the Australian variety. And when compared to the neutral palette and low-key luster of rustic diamonds, “They have more life, they are playful, and are fun to work with,” he says. “I’ve always loved Australian opals but never had a good opportunity to buy them.”

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Rings with Australian boulder opals and diamonds in 14k gold

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