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OPAL - All of our opals that are for sale are priced.
 CONFETTI OPAL™ - Ours exclusively in the United States.
Visit our current display of CONFETTI OPAL™ and the information page for a
look a where and how this unique material is mined.
Boulder Opals - Cabochons and
Rough when we have it
Mexican Opal - Cantera and Fire
Opal, Rough, Cabochons and Faceted Stones
CONFETTI OPAL™ - This unique opal material
comes from one place in all of the world, a remote mine in Mexico. Officially, this
is a new type of Mexican Opal unlike anything that you have seen before.
CONFETTI OPAL™ Information-
This page is devoted to information about the mine and the man who discovered
CONFETTI OPALS™.
Nevada Opal - Here are some
stabilized Nevada Opals that you can use in jewelry or collect and not keep in water in a
bottle.
Gilson Created Opal - We have Gilson created
opal beads, triplets and mosaics on this page.
The loose cut opal gemstone cabochons are in in these
groups:
African Opals
- Faceted opal gems and cabochons from African
Brazilian Gemstone Opal Cabochons - A few Brazilian
crystal opals to view - none currently for sale.
Gemstones with Appraisals -
These fabulous opal cabochons come complete with appraisals.
Doublets - All of our opal gemstone
doublets are listed here.
Triplets - All of our opal gemstone
triplets are listed here.
About Opal - Some information about
Opal and opal care.
Doc's Corner - Lots of information about opal is found on
this page.
Doc's Opal Bench - Visit this page to see an opal
being cut.
Directional Play of Color - An explanation of
directional play of color as it occurs in opals with illustrative photographs.
Custom Cabochons - We will cut something just for
you. We cannot be any more accommodating than that.
JEWELRY
Jewelry To Go - Rings, pendants, and earrings in
manufactured settings in 14K Gold and Sterling. We have assembled these pieces
mostly with our black opal triplets. Check them out.
Art Jewelry - Our Original Designs in
Handwrought Jewelry
More Art Jewelry- More of Our
Original Designs in Handwrought Jewelry
Colorado Inspired Art Jewelry - Some of
jewelry that was inspired by the Colorado scenery
Rings - Our Original Designs in Rings
which are Handwrought
Filigree Rings - Examples of our filigree rings
Wedding Rings - We are featuring a set of custom bands
available for purchase and a link to our Bridal Boutique.
Custom Jewelry- Our favorite thing is to
create custom jewelry for our customers. We would like to add your name to the list of happy
customers who love what we made just for them.
Liz's Jewelry Bench - Visit this page to see step
by step jewelry fabrication.
BEADS
Beads - Opals, pearls, and many other
offerings. Finished bead strand jewelry, temporarily strung beads, and individual
beads for sale. Opal, coral, brass, ceramic and glass are some of the
varieties that we offer. Includes tumbled opals for wire wrapping or drilling as beads.
Gilson Opal Beads - Gilson opal beads are found here.
Amphora Fragrance Beads - Beautiful hand made
amphoras for adding fragrances or tiny keepsakes to jewelry. Use one of these
beautiful handmade beads in your next jewelry creation.
OTHER ITEMS FOR SALE SOME ARE OPAL, SOME ARE NOT
Cabochons from a Variety of
Materials - You may find some common opal cabochons on this page, some very unusual
lapidary materials and some old favorites are represented as well.
Neat Stuff - Things that we have
for sale that do not fit any of the categories above.
Miscellaneous cabochons, and other odds and ends.
Spectrolite - From Finland -
Cabochons and Rough - Take a look
BARGAIN BASEMENT - Things we
have had too long and have marked down along with the Less than Perfect Items and the
Scratch and Dent Section - ALL SALES ARE FINAL FROM THIS
PAGE Prices marked are the sales prices no further discounts apply.
CHECK THESE THINGS OUT
Show and Tell - A place where our
friends can show off their creations or treasures.
Gem Travels - Read about digging for opals in the Virgin
Valley and for sunstones at the Dust Devil Mine thanks to John McLaughlin.
ABOUT GOLD RUSH AND LIZ AND DOC
About Gold Rush - Some
information about our company.
About Buying From Us - You
might want to read this, but it is really simple to buy from us. Send us an email or
give us a call and you can charge your purchase or send us a check. We will mail to
you. Pretty simple.
Personal Photos - Photos of
the Colorado area around our home and some of the wildlife in the area.
Fall in Colorado - Progressive photos of the aspen
from fall of 2000. Come and watch the season progress with us.
Spring Display - For 2001 we are photographing the
views of Spring in our area along with some contributions from some of our visitors of
Spring in their area. We will add our wild flowers as they began to decorate our
landscape.
SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE
Custom Jewelry - We will
create a custom design just for you. Some of our past creations are here to see. We
will also set stones into manufactured jewelry that we sell, string pearls or beads, etc.
Custom Cabochons - We will
create cabochons just for you. We can cut calibrated or freeform cabochons to your
specifications and we can do recuts of cabochons to make them fit specific settings or to
calibrated sizes, etc. We have many lapidary materials other than opal and can most
likely acquire what we do not have.
Search, Beg, Scrounge and
Whine - We will find what you are looking for if we do not have it in stock if we
possibly can.
INFORMATION
What is New Here - We post
additions to the web site in summary form on this page.
Doc's Corner - Some information
about opal cutting, weighing, a glossary with photos of opal related terms.
Liz's Corner - Some information
about jewelry making and who knows what might turn up here. Precious Metals Current
Rates from Kitco.
Table of Contents - An attempt
to make sense of it all.
Easy Search - Put a term in here and
you will received the names of the pages that have that term on them. Problem is
that it picks up names from photos, labels, tags, buttons, etc.
Friends- Our way of saying thanks to
some special people.
Home - The
front page of the web site.
Just Contact Us
If you are looking for a
lapidary or jewelry item, we can help. We either already have it,
or we can order it, or we can create it. And, we really want your business. To
prove that, we provide the very best products and services that we possibly can.
Call 719-836-2143 any reasonable hour
Mountain time zone, or use the link below.
Gold Rush Jewelry, Bead and Art Company
P.O. Box 635
Fairplay, CO 80440
719-836-2143
You are welcome to call us. This number rings at our home and studio which are
located in the same place. Just place your call at some reasonable hour for our time
zone which is Mountain Time in the United States. You may also contact us by email
at any of the addresses below.
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