Wholesale Opal Jewelry

Blake Brothers stocks wholesale opal jewelry set in guaranteed .925 sterling silver, priced for retail resale and labeled so you know exactly what you are selling. Most pieces in this collection use laboratory-created opal. Genuine mined opal is stocked separately in our Indian gemstone line. Both are labeled at the product level, so nothing gets misrepresented on your sales floor.

As a wholesale jeweler in Milford, New Hampshire, we have supplied retailers, boutiques, and independent resellers since 1974. Bill and Suan Blake still travel to hand-select inventory from silversmiths in Thailand, Bali (Indonesia), and India. Call 603-886-3700 to talk through volume pricing, or apply for a wholesale account online.

What You'll Find in Our Opal Collection

Opal moves well at retail because the color shifts under store lighting. It photographs well online, too. Here is how the collection breaks down:

• Opal rings: solitaire settings through layered and filigree designs, in a range of ring sizes. Created opal rings in blue and white are the volume sellers.

• Opal earrings: hearts, anchors, tree-of-life motifs, ovals, and dangle styles in .925 silver.

• Opal pendants: nature and symbol motifs alongside clean geometric cuts. Pair them with sterling silver chains, sold separately, to build a finished opal necklace at your own price point.

• Opal stud earrings: a separate genuine opal and white quartz stud category, listed under our sterling silver stud earrings, for buyers who want mined stone rather than created.

For genuine Ethiopian opal and dendrite opal set in hand-finished silver, browse the Indian gemstone collection. Those pieces are hand set and hand polished in India, and no two stones match exactly.

Laboratory-Created Opal: What it is and Who it Sells To

Laboratory-created opal is grown in a controlled setting and shares the essential optical and physical properties of mined opal. It is not an imitation, and it is not glass. What it gives a retailer is consistency: predictable color, repeatable supply, and a price point that lets you stock a full display without tying up capital in single high-ticket stones.

Federal labeling rules matter here. The FTC Jewelry Guides require that a stone name describing a laboratory-created stone be immediately preceded, with equal conspicuousness, by "laboratory-created," "synthetic," "imitation," or similar wording (16 CFR § 23.25(b)). Our product titles carry that language already. Keep it on your tags and listings when you resell.

Genuine Opal: Where it Fits in Your Assortment

Mined opal earns a higher price point because every stone is different. Customers who want a one-of-a-kind piece will pay for it, and the story sells itself at the counter. The trade-off is supply: you cannot reorder an identical stone.

Most retailers do best carrying both. Created opal anchors the everyday price tier and keeps the case full. Genuine opal gives you a step-up option for customers who ask.

A third category exists that we do not carry: opal simulants, meaning glass or plastic made to look like opal without the composition. Nothing in our inventory is a simulant.

A Buyer's Guide to Opal Varieties

Buyers encounter these varieties across the market. Use this to place what you are looking at and set expectations with customers.

White opal is the variety most shoppers picture, which makes it a reliable entry point. Black opal carries a dark body tone that pushes reds, greens, and blues forward, and it commands collector pricing. Boulder opal keeps part of its ironstone host rock, so each cut looks organic and unrepeatable. Crystal opal lets light pass through the stone, which reads well under display lighting. Fire opal is named for its warm body color rather than its play-of-color.

Blake Brothers currently stocks laboratory-created opal in this collection, plus genuine Ethiopian opal and dendrite opal in the Indian line. Ask about other varieties before you build a display around them.

Care and Display Guidance for Sterling Silver Opal Jewelry

Opal is soft. The Gemological Institute of America rates it 5 to 6.5 on the Mohs scale, well below quartz. Pass this along with every sale, and you will cut down on returns.

• Storage: cool, dry, out of direct sunlight and away from heat sources.

• Cleaning: a soft polishing cloth on the silver, a damp cloth on the stone. Nothing harsher.

• Ultrasonic cleaners: never. Vibration can crack opal.

• Temperature swings: avoid fast changes from cold to hot.

• Separate pouches: individual soft fabric pouches stop harder stones from scratching the opal.

• Tarnish control: anti-tarnish strips in pouches or display cases protect the silver settings.

On the retail floor, keep opal out of hot window displays and under lighting that lets the color move. That single change does more for sell-through than any signage.

Order Opal From Blake Brothers Today

We have been a wholesale silver supplier since 1974, which is longer than most of the online sellers you will compare us against. Buyers work with us for a few practical reasons:

• Honest labeling: Every piece is identified as laboratory-created or genuine at the product level, so there is no guesswork for you or your customers.

• Direct sourcing: Bill and Suan Blake buy from silversmiths and workshops in Thailand, Bali (Indonesia), and India. Fewer hands in the chain means better pricing holds.

• Low minimums: A $100 minimum order lets you sample a new category without overcommitting.

• Volume tiers: Discounts start at 5% on $500 orders and scale from there.

• Two showrooms: Our Milford, New Hampshire and Charlotte, North Carolina showrooms are open to wholesale buyers who want to handle the merchandise before they commit. We also exhibit at the Tucson gem and mineral shows each winter.

Browse the full opal collection above, or shop all wholesale collections. Free priority shipping on US orders $250+. Questions on assortment or volume pricing: call 603-886-3700.