Vintage Boulder Opal "Eyes" mourning jewellery Length of chain: 6

Length of chain: 6

pearl double heart

with a black cat in the centre

It's enamelled on both the front and back (also the bail)

Vintage Boulder Opal "Eyes" mourning jewellery Length of chain: 6DATE: Vintage, 1970s A collection of eight boulder opals, each specimen formed into the shape of an eye with opal pupil in the centre of the pink host rock (which is beautiful in its own right). Opal was discovered in Queensland in the 19th century, and although much was mined back then boulder opal was largely ignored in favour of pipe opal and seams thick enough to cut pieces of solid gem quality opal. In the 1960s, prospectors re opened old mines