{"id":18,"count":1,"description":"Opals or Opallios meaning\u00a0 \u201cto see a change of color\u201d\u00a0have always had a magnificence to them.\u00a0Varying shades of the rainbow create a glimmering\u00a0opulence to the stone. Opals have had various meaning to people throughout history. Queen Victoria was known to gift Opals to all of her daughters on their wedding days. In Eastern cultures, Opals were a symbol of hope. Bedouin legend claims that\u00a0thunderstorms produced Opals which fell from the sky during stormy\u00a0weather.\u00a0\u00a0Aboriginal tales suggest that in the beginning of time the being that created the world came down to spread messages of peace and that for\u00a0every footstep he took on earth an Opal was formed.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SVAM-501.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/client\/q_glossy,ret_img,w_274\/https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SVAM-501-274x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/client\/q_glossy,ret_img,w_274\/https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SVAM-501-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/client\/q_glossy,ret_img,w_935\/https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SVAM-501-935x1024.jpg 935w\" alt=\"SVAM 50\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>","link":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/tag\/opal-jewelry\/","name":"Opal Jewelry","slug":"opal-jewelry","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}