Easy Inlay Cultured Opal Fiji - 2 grams

Cultured Opal in 2 gram jar from Easy Inlay. Pieces range from 2-3mm. Perfect for pens, blade handles, wine stoppers, boxes, vessels and other inlay projects.

Insert grains into a small crack or knot, or include in resin to add visual depth and dimension to any project. Two grams will fill 30-inches by 1/8" wide.

Easy Inlay’s jewelry-grade cultured opals contain the fire typically seen in rare opals and are optically, physically, and chemically identical to those found in nature. Also, unlike natural stones, the color, luminosity, and brightness of these opals will not fade over time. In the lab, these opals can take about a year to grow. Made from approximately 80 percent silica, scientists arrange spheres in a lattice pattern to imitate the structure of a jewelry-quality opal. Then they stabilize the pores of the structure with silica gel; the result is an opal that exhibits the fire and iridescence of their natural, more expensive counterparts.

On the Mohs Hardness Scale, Easy Inlay opals have a hardness of 4 and are easily sanded using silicon carbine (carborundum) or aluminum oxide (corundum) sand paper, which has a hardness of 9.0. They are durable and provide an excellent surface to polish and/or finish.

Price per jar in Canadian dollars.