"NERISSA" - OVAL LIGHTNING RIDGE BLACK OPAL

$2,388.00

**Please note that when purchasing a stone, we do not send just the stone itself. In purchasing a Mine Stone, you are reserving that stone in order to work with one of our custom designers to build the perfect ring for your stone!

Welcome to the “Staghead Mine”! The mine is home to our hand-selected collection of ethically sourced, extremely unique, and rare gemstones. These stones were curated because they cannot be found anywhere else and possess outstanding qualities that deserve to be highlighted by truly custom rings!

Start With Your Stone!

Purchasing a one-of-a-kind stone from the mine will reserve that stone, allowing you to design the ring of your dreams around a once-in-a-lifetime stone and create a truly meaningful symbol of your love!

Shortly after purchasing, you will be emailed by one of our custom ring designers to get started on the design of your dream ring. Once you have finalized your design, please note that custom commissioned rings always have the possibility of taking longer than our standard 8 week lead time as designing a new ring takes time and extra care to ensure we can make the ring you have envisioned come to life.

“Nerissa” - 1.15ct (9.35x6.55x2.75mm) Oval Lightning Ridge Black Opal 

"Nerissa" is a black opal mined in Lightning Ridge, Australia that displays gorgeous green and teal play-of-color. This incredible color phenomena is caused by small silica spheres within the structure of the gem diffracting light. It is much like the sun and rain combining to make a rainbow or white light shining through glass and creating a spectrum of color. Play of color can include every color in the rainbow, although some colors like green and blue are more common than red. The size of the spheres within the opal will help determine the color it flashes - small spheres reflect blue while larger spheres reflect red. Black opals are not necessarily black stones - instead they are named after their relatively dark body color. Black opal is the most prized variety of opal in the world.

Opal has a Mohs hardness of 5-6.5. The Mohs Scale is a system used to grade the hardness of minerals (resistance to scratching) ranging from 1 to 10. For reference, diamonds are rated 10 on the Mohs scale, as they are the hardest mineral and can only be scratched by other diamonds. Talc has a rating of 1 on the Mohs Scale and can be easily scratched and crushed. Stones that rank seven or higher are best for everyday wear. We recommend setting this stone in a protective setting such as a bezel setting.

Read more about opals on the Staghead Blog here.

This stone is photographed in professional studio lighting that mimics natural sunlight of 5500 degrees kelvin and videoed outdoors the same.

For care and cleaning, we strongly recommend using soapy water and a soft brush as the most trustworthy way to clean your jewelry and avoid Ultrasonic and Steam cleaners. We also suggest avoiding extreme heat as it has the potential to harm the color variation of your stone. To be safe, remove your jewelry while enjoying a soak in the hot tub or steam in the sauna! You will also want to avoid strong household chemicals and cleaners such as bleach. 

**We do not reserve stones for any customer expressing interest in a particular stone. You must complete the purchase of the stone in order to save and reserve it for yourself! For liability reasons we will require a signature confirmation upon delivery of your custom ring with your Mine Stone regardless of the shipping option, you select at checkout.**

**Please note that when purchasing a Mine Stone we do not send just the stone itself. In purchasing a Mine Stone, you are reserving that stone in order to work with one of our custom designers to build the perfect ring for your stone! We are artists, not stone dealers, and our passion is working alongside our clients in designing unique and beautiful rings. We love nothing more than seeing custom rings completed and a clients dream realized!**

  • 8 Weeks: Women's engagement rings & any ring with precious stones
  • 8-10+ Weeks: Fully custom rings always have the possibility of taking longer than 8 weeks from the time the order is placed. Designing a custom commissioned ring takes time and extra care to ensure we can make the ring you have envisioned come to life. This extra time accounts for sourcing custom stones, new materials, CAD design, or the custom casting of an original design and the complexity of that design

CARE GUIDELINES

Engagement Rings

- Remove your ring for any manual labor (especially anything that includes gripping items tightly such as furniture, free weights, etc.)
- Remove your ring when using cosmetics, household chemicals, hand sanitizer, or any other harsh chemicals

Click here to view our full care guidelines for all of our rings.

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Extend to offer extensive coverage for your custom ring! The Protection Plan covers resizes, repairs, cleanings & polishings, and even loss or theft. Please visit Extend.com to view their coverage details.

Because orders containing a stone from the Staghead Mine are custom, Extend needs time to review the order information and to confirm that the stone is eligible for coverage which means the option to purchase the plan may not be available at the time of purchase. If you'd like to add the Protection Plan on after your purchase, please email us and we will get the information submitted for Extend to review and will then send you a link to purchase the Protection Plan!

Returns & Exchanges

When purchasing a stone from the Staghead Mine, please note that we do not send the loose stone and all sales are final.

Custom rings are final sale and may not be returned for any portion of a refund or store credit. “Custom” means altering the ring in any way from the listing you purchased it from including altering the width of the ring, changing the materials, adding a custom ring engraving, etc.

*Staghead Designs reserves the rights to any design created for a client and may post or share that design publicly as well as list the ring on our website for purchase*

Miscellaneous: 

Please note that because we use natural materials in our rings, there WILL be variation in how the color in your ring turns out.

Click here to view our full policies on returns, exchanges, and production times.

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