In 2008, significant opal deposits were found in the Welo region of Ethiopia. The discovery mattered commercially and aesthetically by introducing a major new source into a market that has long depended on Australia, expanding both supply and the range of opal characters available.
Industry Insight
A single bail pendant contacts the chain at one point. The pendant hangs below that point and swings freely in response to movement, rotating around the chain axis as the wearer's body moves. Multi-bail construction connects the pendant to the chain at two or more fixed points, distributing weight but restricting the rotation and swinging that the single bail allows.
Heritage & History
Ross-Simons has been helping people find jewelry they love since 1952. Some of those customers are now shopping for the same people their parents once shopped for. More than seventy years of that kind of trust doesn't come from good marketing. It comes from getting it right, repeatedly.
