Opal

October's birthstone and the gem to mark a fourteenth anniversary, OPAL is renowned for its flashing phenomena known as "play of color". Body tones of OPAL vary from white to black, emphasizing the spectral colors of red, blue, green and yellow that form vivid patterns that dance in the light.

OPAL was first described by Pliny the Elder during Roman times. One tale says that OPAL was created when God completed painting the universe, scraping the palette and dumping all the colors into one gem. The myth that the stone is unlucky for all but October birthdays resulted from the heroine's death in a novel written by Sir Walter Scott.

The only misfortune surrounding OPAL is the pleasure missed by not owning such a dazzling gem!