Opal Earrings - Beautiful Earrings For Any Occasion

It's hard to imagine, but a simple pair of opal earrings was the center of one of my greatest anniversary dinners ever. I wear them most of the time now, but until a few days before I got them, I didn't even realize the opal is my birthstone. Perhaps you didn't know this either.

My birthday is in the month of October. As I was growing up I was given several different pieces of jewelry with my birthstone. The birthstone that is most often shown for the month of October is a bright pink zircon. I have never cared too much for the birthstone jewelry because the stone has a cheap look to me.

I happened to mention this to my husband one day when we were looking into a jewelry case. The sales clerk over heard me and said that the actual birthstone for October is opal. She stated that pink zircon was often substituted because opal is such a soft stone so it does not wear as well. Many people like to wear birthstone pieces on a daily basis and opal does not stand up to that kind or wear.

That may be true, but if you take care of your opals they will not only last a lifetime, but can be passed down through generations. For me the opal earrings are part of everyday wear. And as long as I take care of them, they will be for many years to come.

I have always liked opals. There are many colors of opal as well as the traditional milky stone. Our wedding anniversary was a few weeks after we had the conversation with the jewelry clerk. For our anniversary we went out for dinner to one of our favorite restaurants. After we ordered our dinner my husband handed me a beautifully wrapped gift box. Inside was a pair of opal earrings. I was very pleased with the gift. The opal earrings were a fiery blue color that had many other colors as they reflected the soft lighting in the restaurant.

The waitress had appeared with our salads as I was still admiring the opal earrings. She stated that her birthday is in October so that the opal is her favorite gem stone. I explained to her that I had just recently learned that the opal was my birthstone. As we were discussing October birthdays we discovered that we had been born on the same day.

Our laughing and lengthy conversation brought the manager over. He noticed the gift wrap on the table from the box that the opal earrings had been in. He asked if it was my birthday. We explained that it was our wedding anniversary. The manager had a bottle of wine sent to the table to help us celebrate the occasion. At the end of the meal a group of the waiters and waitresses brought over a piece of cake for us to share and sang us an anniversary wish. I told my husband that we should take anniversary gifts along to restaurants all the time if it meant free wine, dessert and special treatment.

The next day I wore my opal earrings to work. My co-workers thought they were very attractive. I ended up answering a lot of questions that day not only about my anniversary, but about my gift. Most people were shocked to find out they were opals.

What I quickly discovered is that the opal is a very underrated stone. You'd be surprised at how many people don't recognize them because they come in so many different colors and styles. Yet every time I wear them people notice. They tell me how good they look on my. And that, in turn, makes me feel really good as well.

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