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01-28-2005, 01:15 PM
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She was a ZTA at Jacksonville State University in Alabama. 
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01-28-2005, 01:18 PM
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Cool beans...we have tons of ZTA legacies who are AOIIs....
I have seen a few ZTA badges on E-Bay with opals...I also saw Phi Mu badge with opals once....so pretty!
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01-28-2005, 01:39 PM
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Originally posted by OleMissGlitter
Cool beans...we have tons of ZTA legacies who are AOIIs....
I have seen a few ZTA badges on E-Bay with opals...I also saw Phi Mu badge with opals once....so pretty!
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Yeah I procrastinated and didn't order a pretty pin til my Jr year. Mine has alternating rubies and pearls. I looove it.
It went missing for a while and I was upset but a few months ago my old roommate was like I found your pin in a drawer of mine. She's said she found it and was going to keep it if there weren't initials that she didn't recognize. She said she was like "Aww damn I have to give it back." lol
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01-28-2005, 05:52 PM
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Originally posted by OleMissGlitter
Cool beans...we have tons of ZTA legacies who are AOIIs....
I have seen a few ZTA badges on E-Bay with opals...I also saw Phi Mu badge with opals once....so pretty!
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One of my Phi Mu badges is emeralds and opals. Emeralds in the points. I purchased it about 6 years go from the Executive Office retired badge selection...for a price I considered a steal !
I LOVE it...!
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01-08-2011, 08:51 PM
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I wanted to bump this to see more comments on opals!
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01-09-2011, 11:36 AM
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Opal Theta badge?
I was thinking about ordering a Theta badge with opals, but our jeweler has no way to preview badges with specific jewels except the pearls and diamonds. I've seen a picture of an older Dyer kite with opals but not the current badge shape. Does anyone with one have pictures they'd care to share? (:
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01-09-2011, 10:10 PM
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I was thinking about ordering a Theta badge with opals, but our jeweler has no way to preview badges with specific jewels except the pearls and diamonds. I've seen a picture of an older Dyer kite with opals but not the current badge shape. Does anyone with one have pictures they'd care to share? (:
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Paging AzTheta!
I don't want to dissuade you, really. However, opals today are not the same as you see on older badges like the ones we lust over in the Badge Trends thread. They are lighter, almost white, and don't have as much "fire" as the opals of yesteryear. Maybe there is a way you could see a sample of the opals you would be getting.
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01-10-2011, 01:41 AM
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Paging AzTheta!
I don't want to dissuade you, really. However, opals today are not the same as you see on older badges like the ones we lust over in the Badge Trends thread. They are lighter, almost white, and don't have as much "fire" as the opals of yesteryear. Maybe there is a way you could see a sample of the opals you would be getting.
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That's what I'm afraid of :/ I've been playing with the jeweler's website and haven't been able to figure out a way to preview it...I might email them directly and ask if they have any photos
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01-10-2011, 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Gusteau
Paging AzTheta!
I don't want to dissuade you, really. However, opals today are not the same as you see on older badges like the ones we lust over in the Badge Trends thread. They are lighter, almost white, and don't have as much "fire" as the opals of yesteryear. Maybe there is a way you could see a sample of the opals you would be getting.
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Hey Gusteau!  You rang?
@sherry, call Ruth @ Theta HQ & ask her to put you in touch with J. Lewis Small,the official Fraternity jeweler. I saw several of their badges at convention (none with opals, alas) and was impressed with their workmanship.
Gusteau is correct; most of today's opals are nothing like the opals we see in the older badges. It is possible to get fiery opals, but you'll pay a high price, and it might be challenging to get a jeweler to cut up opals into small sizes for a badge. I found four rather large matched opals in a vintage jewelry piece and wanted to purchase the piece for Honeychile so that she could create an opal ADPi badge. When I found out what it was going to cost to cut up the opals, plus the jeweler would not guarantee that the original opals wouldn't shatter and become unusable, I said "forget it!"
Another point: I have seen some opal badges that look absolutely spectacular in photographs, but in person...meh. Bear in mind that the stones used in badges are pretty small (I was going to say tiny). Look at a pearled kite and visualize it with opals. See what I mean?
And I could write a dissertation about natural vs. synthetic opals, how to clean & care for them, etc.
Damn, I wish Dyer was still in business.
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