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Beauty Of An Australian Opal Bracelet brought to you by guest writer - JulieAnne Williams

My Australian opal bracelet is probably my most prized possession.

The bracelet part itself is made of beautiful white gold of a high purity (although I could not tell you the carat of it, as I rarely pay attention to such things.) It is made with an intricate Celtic weaving design which looks just absolutely stunning on my wrists.

There are all sorts of swirls and crosses, zigzags and flowers flowing in a continuous pattern all around the perimeter of the Australian opal bracelet. The best part of the bracelet, however, is the beautiful opal stone at the center of it.

The opal bracelet is made with one of those lovely, iridescent kinds of opal which so rarely keep their beauty unless expertly preserved.

This one is filled with a swirl of turquoise and deeper blue with flecks of shining bright green and gold in the middle. It is really a beautiful opal bracelet, and you can stare into the stone for hours.

Believe me, when I first got the opal bracelet, I lost whole days to staring into the lovely depths of that stone.

Although the design on the opal bracelet is exquisite, it is the stone itself which makes it one of my favorite pieces of jewelry. You see, there are no other stones which are as interesting as opal.

Sure, diamonds, rubies, and sapphires all shine brighter, but what is so special about merely reflecting light.

An opal stone is a gem that has depth and character, something that you can just look at deeper and deeper until you are lost in its depths and textures.

Wearing, say, a diamond necklace or a sapphire choker merely says that you have money, albeit lots and lots of money. But wearing an opal bracelet says that you have class and good taste, and perhaps hints as well at untold depths of your soul which have yet to be plumbed by whoever you are making the acquaintance of.

The strangest thing about my opal bracelet is that I can’t remember where or when I got it.

I guess I would be almost tempted to think that I always had it, except for the memory of, when I was a teenager, not having any jewelery that I liked, and heading out to the thrift store to get some.

There is no way I would have felt deprived of jewelery if I had already had the Australian opal bracelet at that point!