Chatham Created Opals

Lab grown opals

Chatham Opal Color Chart

Opals exhibit a phenomena known as Play of Color, referring to the flashing rainbow color in opal. Top quality natural opals with excellent play of color are rare and valuable.

From rare and precious dramatic black opal, to crystal, and to white opaque opal with its vast galaxy of color, the Chatham Created Opal is available in a wide range of colors. Pierre Gilson Sr. of France first invented the synthetic opal producing process in 1974. This process is considered the truest gemological process in the world today. Unlike natural mined opal, Chatham created opal is much more durable and not prone to breaking. And also the colors are natural with no treatment or enhancements. Best of all, Chatham created opal is a fraction of the price of mined opal of the same quality.

Graduate gemologists on staff to help you

Selecting the perfect Chatham-created opal is a personal experience we want you to enjoy. At Jewelryimpressions.com we believe in offering you the one-on-one attention you deserve to select just the right Chatham-created opal at an exceptional price. For additional questions, feel free to contact us at 970-535-0191.

There are 11 color ranges available for Chatham created opals, shown left. Chatham lab created opals are stocked primarily in oval cabochons in a variety of sizes. Chatham opals are available in very limited quantities due to the 14 to 18 month production cycle. Matching colors is also extremely difficult. If we don’t have the opal you want in stock, we can custom cut one.

 

JewelryImpressions.com will price match any legitimate Chatham dealer.

Choose Your Favorite Chatham Created Gems

Chatham round alexandrite

Alexandrites

Chatham princess cut aqua spinel

Aqua Spinels

Chatham oval blue sapphire

Blue Sapphires

Chatham Champagne Sapphires

Champagne Sapphires

Chatham Seafoam Chrysoberyls

Chrysoberyls

Chatham Octagon emerald

Emeralds

Chatham Trillion Padparadscha

Padparadschas

Chatham Paraiba Spinel

Paraiba Spinels

Chatham Pink Champagne Sapphire

Pink Champagne Sapphires

Chatham cushion cut pink sapphire

Pink Sapphires

Chatham marquise ruby

Rubies

Chatham Oval Yellow Sapphire

Yellow Sapphires

Custom Jewelry Services

One-of-a-kind and customizable jewelry pieces

Custom Jewelry Design

One-of-a-kind custom jewelry from scratch.

Custom jewelry design and creation services

Jewelry Gallery

Thousands of customizable jewelry pieces.

Customizable jewelry

Colored and colorless diamonds carefully grown.

Chatham Created Gems

Premium Chatham-created colored gemstones.

We source natural diamonds and gemstones.

Our Work In Madagascar

Changing lives for children and their families

We get our hands dirty!

In 2014 Michelle went to Madagascar to learn about the geology and mineralogy of the country. She was excited to visit some of the mining localities she learned about in her studies to be a Graduate Gemologist. However, it wasn't the sparkly colorful gems that caught her eye. Rather, it was the children...the little gems of Madagascar. Michelle founded www.GemsOfMadagascar.org in 2015. She visits Madagascar for about two months each year doing humanitarian projects, including clean water, sanitation, education and hygiene.

Little Gems Of Madagascar

What We Do

Visit GemsOfMadagascar.org for more details.