Nurses Medical Cross Pin - Welo Opal and Fine Silver

This pretty, hand made Medical Cross Pin has a colorful 4 mm Ethiopian Welo Opal as the "Angel's head". The wings and body are made with .999 Fine silver and is approximately 1" x 1".  This makes a nice gift for a special nurse.
 
Welo Opal, or “Ethiopian Opal”.  Many of the opals mined in Ethiopia are hydrophane opals, particularly from the Welo rocks. Hydrophane Opal is a word designed to define a specific Opal form. Opals have been mined for thousands of years in Europe and more than 165 years in Australia. However, the finding of opals from Ethiopia and Hydrophane has been around for only about 20 years