Blue Opal Doublet Sterling Silver Drop Earrings

A beautiful pair of natural, blue Opal Doublets set in Sterling Silver drop earrings. The Opals measure approximately 15x9x4mm not including the earrings hook or bail. Earrings with come packaged in a Two Skies gift box with an informative Opal story card, ideal for gifting.

A doublet should always be sold as a doublet and not a solid opal! Our opal doublets are made up of thin slices of high grade fiery opal, mostly from Lightning Ridge and Coober Pedy mines in Australia. Once cut thin, the opal is backed onto a piece of potch (opaque opal). This makes our opal doublets very affordable but a bit more fragile than our solid opals.
Why do silversmiths use 925%? Measured in parts per thousand, pure silver (999%) is too soft so silversmiths mix it with other metals to make it it harder. The purer the metal, the higher the polish, but it is a lot softer (thus less durable). The harder the metal is, the more hard wearing the jewellery is, but it will also tarnish easier as it has less silver content. Therefore, the silver industry set a standard percentage content for fine silver (925); what we know as "sterling silver". At Two Skies our silversmiths use 925 (sterling) silver for ring shafts and moving parts, and a very high 950% on our stones settings, which enables us to get a strong jewellery item with a beautiful and secure stone setting, without any gluing. Each piece of our jewellery is hand stamped with our Two Skies Hallmark alongside the recognised industry 925 Hallmark.