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10 things you need to know about "Synthetic Opal"
Bello Opal® round bead / sphere (Polymer Impregnated Synthetic Opal) is increasingly popular among jewelry designs, especially for the body piercing jewelry market. One of the main features of opal bead is that while rotating; there will be various of magical brilliance and gorgeous color, with attractive opal fire reflections. It is what we call “play of color”.
Bello Opal® is lab grown synthetic opal. It is essential to have two types of fire pattern which are dot pattern (A) and stripe pattern (B). This is one of the ways to verify the lab grown opal round bead.
Bello Opal® round beads are available from size 1.2mm to 18mm and they are available with different kinds of drilling, such as no drill, half drill, full drill or half drills on two sides for captive ring.
Each piece of Bello Opal round bead reveals two kinds of fire pattern, dot pattern (A) and stripe pattern (B).
Opal round bead with large hole is widely used in body piercing jewelry designs. This is 6mm round bead with 2.1mm half drill.
Bello Opal round beads in OP75 Starry night earrings
Opal round bead strand is another option for jewelry designs, such as necklace and tassel.
Bello Opal round bead is a perfect gemstone to add sparkle to your pearl jewelry design.
The combination of Bello Opal and colored stone in round beads
Properties comparison to natural opal
Category | Polymer Impregnated Synthetic Opal | Natural Opal |
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Elements |
80% Silica & 20% Resin | Silica & Water |
MOHS Hardness |
4 | 3-5.5 |
Specific Gravity |
1.80-1.90 | 1.98-2.20 |
Heat Resistance |
130 degree C. | 100 degree C. |
Color Range |
OP01 to OP92 |
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Degree of transparency |
Relatively low |
Jewelry Plating |
Bello Opal® could work well with jewelry plating |
Chemical Resistance |
Thinner, Methanol, Acetone |
Glass Compatibility |
Bello Opal® is not glass compatible. Please refer to "Galaxy Opal" |
Guarantee on quality |
No Cracking, Crazing or Yellowing |