It was a gift.
I bought this for my friend who has an October birthday (The opal is October’s birthstone.)  and a love of elephants. I had originally intended to give her a fire opal pendant I had that I bought a chain for and figured “what’s better than one necklace? TWO necklaces- a sentiment shared by my friend who turned up wearing like four dainty pendants. Unfortunately,  that plan was quashed by my BF on the grounds that he had bought the fire opal pendant in Mexico 20+ years ago & I didn’t exactly NOT kinda sorta steal from him. Whatever, it’s not like he was using it. It didn’t even have a chain & it was way too feminine & delicate looking for a big, hairy, barrel chested, ursine heterosexual like him anyway. Still it would be crappy to defy his wishes & my friend is how to put this delicately- Rich AF. She lives in NYC (well, Brooklyn but she works in Manhattan) and comfortably so. She has a cool job that has her traveling  all the time & hobnobbing with celebrities. Seriously, she’s too rich, pretty and consequential to be seen with my Broke behind. So, she got the one necklace and actually seemed to like it. I haven’t inquired further but that’s good enough for me.  We’ve been friends the better part of 20 years but Honestly, I’m not terribly optimistic about the friendship long-term. Hopefully, the necklace will be sufficiently durable that when I’m dead (I give it ten years, tops) she’ll have something to remember me by, if she’s so inclined, that is.
Rating: 5 stars