{"id":33028,"date":"2016-06-06T21:57:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T01:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=33028"},"modified":"2016-06-27T23:01:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T03:01:25","slug":"ogling-opals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/ogling-opals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogling Opals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been at <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/on-my-way-to-virtual-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\">JCK&#8217;s LUXURY trade show<\/a> since last Monday, and I&#8217;ve hardly left my booth! However, I did sneak out yesterday to go through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Gem Trade Association&#8217;s ballroom<\/a> because I need an aquamarine for a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p>To my surprise, I never got to the aquamarines. When I walked in the door, the third booth I saw was the one where I got the black opal I used in last year&#8217;s FitzRoy the Cat necklace. I couldn&#8217;t drag myself away.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33030\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/jewel-of-the-month-fitzroy-the-cat-y-necklace\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33030\" class=\"wp-image-33030 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cat-necklace-hi-res-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Click for original post.\" width=\"498\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cat-necklace-hi-res-crop.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cat-necklace-hi-res-crop-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I got several beautiful stones that I will show you soon(ish). In the meantime, here&#8217;s what I DIDN&#8217;T get.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGU7kREDZdT\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video of an opal I wanted but couldn&#8217;t get ? Not so exciting at first but then ????#jcklasvegas #luxurybyjck #jckatluxury #gems #wishlist #wantneedlove #opals #birthstone #octoberbirthstone #jewelryvideo #nofilter #green #flash<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A video posted by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-06-06T20:49:55+00:00\">Jun 6, 2016 at 1:49pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/center>Here&#8217;s another one that I was crazy about. I had to leave this one behind as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blushcheek.com\/wedding-jewelry\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33031\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/opalcollage.jpg\" alt=\"opalcollage\" width=\"498\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/opalcollage.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/opalcollage-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used to dislike opals. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opal\" target=\"_blank\">They&#8217;re soft<\/a> and therefore difficult to set in jewelry. If you squeeze them too tightly in the setting, they can break, but if there&#8217;s not enough tension in the setting, they can pop out. My mother had an opal cocktail ring back in the day, and its stones were always going AWOL. 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