The Opal Studs
AUSTRALIAN OPAL · 18K
From $880Made to order
Fire opal studs earrings
Opal with an ember inside, Mexican sunset orange. Every piece shown is a real work in the studio today. · 1 WORKS
Available works
Every stone passported✦Worn in 44 states✦Lifetime resetting✦Every stone passported✦Worn in 44 states✦Lifetime resetting✦
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Before you choose
How to choose earrings
Weight decides comfort
Anything over 5 grams a side pulls by evening. Our drops are hollow-fabricated to stay light; studs sit under 2 grams.
Match the stone to your skin, in daylight
Warm stones, citrine, garnet, morganite, flatter warm undertones; blues and greys cool ones. Every pair ships with a 30-day daylight trial.
Studs first, drops second
If it is a first fine pair, studs get worn ten times more often. Drops earn their place after.
Check the back, not just the front
Friction posts loosen; ours are threaded or locking French wire. Ask how a pair closes before you buy it.
The short answer
Fire opal studs earrings at Made With Color: one one of a kind work at $880, each built around a stone chosen loose, in daylight, in New York. Opal with an ember inside, Mexican sunset orange. Every stone ships with a passport naming origin, carat, cut, and any treatment in plain words. The first real jewel most people own and the one they wear the most hours of their life.
About fire opal
Opal with an ember inside, Mexican sunset orange. We choose every stone loose, in daylight, and every work above carries a passport that says exactly what it is.
CHOOSING THE STYLE
On the style
Match the stone to the earlobe, not the outfit: 4 to 5 mm reads quiet, 6 mm noticeable, 8 mm deliberate.
Start with hardness
Fire opal is 6 / 10 on the Mohs scale. For daily rings, choose a bezel or low prongs; for earrings and pendants, wear it freely.
Fit before beauty
Studs sit close and suit every day; drops move and suit evenings; hoops split the difference.
Then the look
Match the scale to the wearer. A 5 mm stone reads quiet, 8 mm reads deliberate.
What size studs should I buy?
For daily wear, 5 to 6 mm carries color without shouting. Buy the stone a size smaller than instinct says; lobes are smaller stages than they look.
Is fire opal good for earrings?
Fire opal is 6 / 10 on the Mohs scale. Earrings live the easiest life of any jewel, so softer stones like opal and pearl are safe here.
Which birthstone is fire opal?
Fire opal is the Oct birthstone and the traditional stone of the 14th anniversary. We set it for both, and for no occasion at all.
Are these stones treated?
Untreated unless the passport says otherwise. When a stone of ours is heated or grown in a lab, the passport says so in that word, in the same type size as everything else, and the price reflects it.
How do these wear?
Screw backs for stones that matter. Butterfly backs loosen; screws do not.
How much do fire opal studs earrings cost?
Today, one work at $880. Each is one of a kind, so the page moves as stones sell and new ones are set.
◆Stones chosen loose, in daylight, one at a time
◆A passport with every stone, treatment named plainly
◆One artist, one bench, in New York
◆Lifetime resetting and free ring resizing
Current works & prices
The Opal StudsFrom $880
PRICES AS OF 16 AUG 2026Kept for life
◆Cleaning and polishing◆Prongs tightened and retipped◆White gold re-plated◆Resizing◆Resetting into something newThe whole catalog
Every page below is real: filtered from the works in the studio today, or an open invitation to commission the piece that is missing.
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Client notes, unedited
“They talked me out of a bigger stone and into a better one. Who does that?”M. CHEN, SEATTLE · COMMISSION No. 114
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