Stone: African Opal Color: Translucent to opaque off-white with a little black matrix Approximate size & shape of
chips: 1/4"; thick, squared
50 Stone Chip Beads
For the jewelry-maker or beading enthusiast, here are 50 beads made of African Opal chips. Chips are the small leftovers from tumbled stones or shells, with holes drilled through them.
Mix them with other stone beads and metallic spacers for endless possibilities.
[Please allow for natural variations in the stones.]
I thought Opals were pretty. These aren't pretty.
No, they sort of aren't. We tend to think of Opal as having a lot of color play across the surface of the stone, so when we come across an Opal that just looks like a plain old beige rock, we get a little confused. But this is truly Opal. Just not the pretty kind.
