Catalog · Hand-cut in Santa Cruz, CA

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11 sections, one bench

Rough Ethiopian Welo opal held in the cutter's fingers — vivid blue and purple play-of-color in a translucent crystal body, leaves visible in the soft-focus background.
💎Loose Opals

Hand-cut cabs and stones ready to set

Five polished Ethiopian Welo opal cabochons on black velvet — vivid green/blue/orange pinfire play-of-color across each dome.
🔮Cabs

Polished domes — the bench's standard cut

Polished freeform-shape opal cabochon on weathered wood — pale crystal body with electric blue play-of-color sweeping across the face.
🪨FreeForm

Organic cuts that follow the rough

Wire-wrapped opal pendant in fine sterling silver — the wire forms a delicate spiral cradle around a long opal cabochon, photographed on black velvet.
🧷Wire-Wrap Pendants

Finished pendants, wrapped in argentium / .925

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⛏️Rough Parcels

Uncut rough for cutters & collectors

Rough Ethiopian Welo opal in cream-colored host matrix — vivid green and blue play-of-color glowing through the gem pocket.
🦴Fossil Opal

Opalized wood, bone, shell — geology you can hold

Hand-carved opal fish with detailed scales — translucent blue body with vivid blue and green play-of-color inside, held in the cutter's fingers.
🪷Opal Carvings

Sculpted opal — lotus, hearts, totems

A handful of clear pointed crystals fluorescing electric blue under shortwave UV light, held in the cutter's palm.
🟢UV Reactive

Stones that glow under shortwave UV

A clear quartz crystal cluster held in the cutter's fingers — terminated points, sunlight catching the natural facets, green foliage behind.
🔷Crystals

Companion specimens — quartz, fluorite, etc.

Multiple strands of faceted Welo opal beads coiled on a quartz crystal cluster — vivid green, blue, orange, and violet fire across translucent beads.
🟣Beads

Strands and individual beads

Six finished Larimar pendants in sterling silver bezel settings, photographed next to a US quarter for scale — pale blue stones with subtle pattern.
💍Finished Jewelry

Rings, earrings, necklaces — ready to wear

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