Opalite Exquisite Teardrop Earrings | October Birthstone Glow
Opalite Exquisite Teardrop Earrings | October Birthstone Glow
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Opalite does not sit still. Hold it to the window and it is milky white with a cool blue haze; turn away from the light and a warm amber ghost comes up through the middle. One bead, two moods, depending entirely on where you are standing.
It is the softest thing in the Glass & Light line. Where Black is decisive and Capri is loud, opalite just glows quietly and lets you get on with your day.
Why It Is Called Exquisite
The frame. Not a plain bezel — a textured rope edge worked all the way around the teardrop. Opalite needs it: the colour is so soft that without a defined metal outline the whole thing risks disappearing against pale skin or a cream sweater. The frame gives it an edge to hold. It is the same silhouette that outsells everything else I make, now in the one colour that changes while you wear it.
Glass, Said Plainly
This is the October looks-like. Opal is the month's birthstone; opalite is the faceted glass that echoes it. The reason I reach for the looks-like here rather than the real thing is practical — opal is soft, prone to crazing, and genuinely nerve-wracking as an everyday earring. Glass gives you the same shifting milky light and you can put it on without thinking about it. I will always tell you which one you are wearing.
Why She Keeps Reaching For Them
- It changes as you move: cool blue in daylight, warm glow under lamps
- The gentlest neutral: softer than white, warmer than grey, goes with everything pale
- Fit you choose: leverback for security, shepherd's hook for the swing
- An October birthday, handled: the opal looks-like, in a pair she can actually wear daily
Size & Details
- Shape: ornate teardrop — faceted opalite glass in a textured plated frame
- Bead: 16 mm tall × 12 mm at its widest — 18 mm with the bail
- Earwire: leverback (15 mm) or shepherd's hook (19 mm) — choose yours when you order
- Finish: gold- or silver-plated over brass, nickel-free
- Designed and assembled by Andrea in Calgary, Alberta — Mystic Soul Jewelry, since 2008
Wear Them Your Way
Cream, oatmeal, pale grey, soft denim — anywhere you want light rather than contrast. Gold pulls the amber forward; silver keeps the blue. Add the Opalite Exquisite Teardrop Necklace for the full set — identical bead, so the pair shifts colour together.
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