Cultured Opals

Apr 3, 20238 min read

Fire-in-Place Cultured Opals Find New Compatibility With Base Metal Clays and Aussie Metal Clay

With great success, Michael Galvin Jade Reed, and Ann Adkins test Healing Phoenix Fire-in-Place Opals with Base Metal and Aussie Clays

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Jan 3, 20237 min read

Educating Customers About Cultured Opals, Synthetic and Lab-grown Gems in Your Jewelry by Holly Gage

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Oct 28, 20226 min read

Can the New Cultured Opals be Fired in Carbon with Bronze or Copper Metal Clay? by Karen Trexler

Tests were performed to see if Healing Phoenix Lapidary Fire in Place Opals by Chris Gage can survive a carbon firing. Yes! Find out how.

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Jul 11, 20229 min read

New Cultured Opals can be Fired at 1650ºF in Metal Clay for 2 hours, but only if you do this...

How to fire new heat-resistant Cultured Opals in Fine Silver AND Enriched 950 Sterling and 960 Sterling Metal Clays at 1650 ºF for 2 hours

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Jun 11, 20228 min read

Exciting News: Fire-in-Place Opals for Silver Metal Clay! Part I by Christopher and Holly Gage

Testing and advice by Holly Gage, on how to set fire-in-place cultured opals in your Metal Clay and Jewelry creations.

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