The bypass ring treats negative space as material. Its open silhouette contributes to perceived size and structural complexity as directly as the metal does.
Myth & Meaning
Aboriginal Australian connections to opal predate the stone's entry into the commercial fine jewelry market by an unknown duration. Several Aboriginal groups incorporate the stone into Dreamtime narratives, the foundational creation cosmology of Aboriginal culture, interpreting its play-of-color as ancestral creative energy within the earth. That sacred significance developed independently of Western decorative and symbolic associations and remains a distinct cultural dimension of a stone whose primary source country is Australia.
Expertise & Authority
Ross-Simons has moved jewelry across every price point for more than seventy years. That's a lot of material handled, a lot of quality compared, and a very specific kind of credibility on what jewelry value actually looks like at each level.