I used 2 types of Opals for this 15 Choker that can also be a Double Wrap bracelet!! Pink Peruvian flat rounds and faceted Dedritic Opal are finished with Delica Glass spacer beads and a Silver round toggle clasp. I like that you can wear this 2 different ways!

Opals are October's birthstone. As per crystalvaults.com, "In the metaphysical world, Opal acts as a prism within the aura, bringing a full spectrum of Light energy to the system, soothing and clearing the emotional body, and boosting the will to live and the joy of one’s earthly existence. It enkindles optimism, enthusiasm and creativity, and allows for the release of inhibitions inspiring love and passion. Opal enhances cosmic consciousness and stimulates flashes of intuition and insight, yet is a protective stone for deep inner work, meditations, and lower world shamanic journeys.

[Geinger, 65-66][Ashian, 292-293][Melody, 452-453]

Opal is most known for its ability to bring one’s traits and characteristics to the surface for examination and transformation. Just as Opal absorbs and reflects light, it picks up thoughts and feelings, desires and buried emotions, amplifying them and returning them to the source. While magnifying one’s negative attributes may prove to be uncomfortable, it allows for understanding how destructive these emotions can be and assists the process of letting them go. Opal also illuminates the positive actions and emotions of the self, enhancing the good and true, and fostering one’s highest potential. It is a karmic stone with a reminder that what one sends out will return. [Melody, 452-453][Simmons, 292][Hall, 209][Hall En, 254]

Common Opal from the Andes Mountains of Peru; translucent to opaque, soft pastel blue, blue-green or pink with a pearly sheen, sometimes cut to include the black or beige matrix in the more opaque stones. Andean Opal is considered to be a gift from Pachamama, the earliest Inca Goddess of Fruitfulness and Mother Earth, and is wonderfully soothing for children and animals, and adults overwhelmed by life. It is particularly useful for healing old emotional wounds, from this life or another, bringing an inner peace to carry one through difficult times. Andean stones promote right action for the highest good and stimulate connection with others and communication from the heart. They increases awareness of the need to heal the Earth, and are useful for those who manifest and transmute the changing vibration through their own body. Andean Opal is an excellent journeying stone, highly receptive, inducing a mild hypnotic state for enhancing divination and metaphysical gifts. These stones carry Water energy, and are great for activating the Heart and Throat Chakras."

According to crystaldigest.com, "Dendritic opal emits a soothing energy that ensures proper delivery of blood from the heart to the different body parts. Its healing energy aids the restoration of blood vessels, arteries, and the heart while assisting its functions.

Nervous System

This precious crystal holds soothing energy that enables restoration of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral neurons. It energizes their functions. Its energy ensures proper mental and bodily functions through the proper delivery of messages and proper hormone distribution and delivery throughout the body parts.

Ear Health

This healing crystal is said to aid in vertigo and prevents ear imbalances while strengthening the sense of hearing by repairing inner ear tissues.

Inflammation

The anti-inflammatory properties of Dendritic Opal can help reduce swelling, pain, and redness."

Amazing! What a surprise to learn how beneficial these gemstones can be!