Opals

[honeychile]

Supposedly, it's bad luck for a person not born in October to wear an opal. That's how my mother inherited it - she was the only October baby!

I've been a few jewelers, and all of them are terribly impressed with the ring. The only problem (according to most of them) is that there is a limited market for opals, and none of them can afford to take it on.

I'm also going to unload an old wedding band, but I can pretty much take that to one of the gazillion gold buyers!

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Supposedly, it's bad luck for a person not born in October to wear an opal. That's how my mother inherited it - she was the only October baby!

I had always heard that the opal must be either your birthstone OR the opal can be given to you as a gift/handed down from a loved one born in October. I had a teacher in high school with a February birthday who had a gorgeous opal engagement ring. It was given to her by her husband's great aunt who had no children. When the great aunt found out that the couple could not afford an engagement ring, she offered the ring to my teacher. Teacher did not want to accept due to the superstition. The great aunt was an October birthday and said that it could be given by an October to someone the giver loves. My teacher still wears the ring to this day, no major catastrophes and they have been married for 40 years this summer.