{"title":"Deep Time MK","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDeep Time\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMelanie Katsalidis\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMelanie Katsalidis presents Deep Time, a collection of Australian boulder opal set in yellow gold. These stones were mined at Winton in central-west Queensland, where opal began forming some one hundred million years ago beneath an ancient inland sea — silica settling into the cracks and cavities of ironstone and holding its colour there while the water drained away and the continent dried. Boulder opal is singular in that the gem remains joined to its host rock, so each stone reads like a cross-section of country: a seam of blue and green running through deep brown ironstone. Melanie claw sets each one in 18ct gold, lifting the gem clear so its full face catches the light, and lets the natural silhouette of the stone lead the design. Every piece in Deep Time is one of a kind — there is only ever one.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"deep-time-earrings","title":"Deep Time Earrings","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour Winton boulder opals descend one below the other in fine 18ct gold claws, so that each earring reads as a core sample drawn up through a hundred million years of stone. The opals are matched but never identical — blues and greens shifting against the deep brown of their ironstone as they move. Long, light, and quietly dramatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18ct yellow gold and eight Australian Winton boulder opals, claw set\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of a kind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melanie Katsalidis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41506369437754,"sku":"MK1128","price":7025.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/MKE1128_B.jpg?v=1783325884"},{"product_id":"opal-landscape-pendant","title":"Opal Landscape Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003eA single Winton boulder opal of 2.91 carats, claw set in 18ct gold and suspended on a fine chain. Colour breaks across the face of the stone in bands that read like a horizon line, the ironstone beneath standing in for earth. A landscape worn at the throat, one hundred million years in the making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18ct yellow gold and 2.91ct Australian Winton boulder opal, claw set, on 9ct yellow gold chain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChain 42cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of a kind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melanie Katsalidis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41506370125882,"sku":"MK1129","price":1525.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/MK1129_round_opal_pendant.jpg?v=1783325939"},{"product_id":"opal-sunrise-pendant","title":"Opal Sunrise Pendant","description":"\u003cp\u003eWarm light rising through cool stone. This Winton boulder opal was chosen for the way its colour lifts from the base of the gem upward, catching gold and green like the first minutes of morning over the Queensland desert. Claw set in 18ct gold on a fine chain — a piece for every day that never quite looks the same twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18ct yellow gold and Australian Winton boulder opal, claw set, on 9ct yellow gold chain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChain 42cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of a kind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melanie Katsalidis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41506370912314,"sku":"MK1130","price":1425.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/MK1130.jpg?v=1783326128"},{"product_id":"opal-dream-necklace","title":"Opal Dream Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree Winton boulder opals set in a row along a fine gold chain, each claw set in 18ct gold and placed where the stone itself wanted to sit. Chosen as a trio, they share a palette without matching — blues, greens and the occasional flash of gold drifting across a shorter chain that rests at the collarbone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18ct yellow gold and three Australian Winton boulder opals, claw set, on 9ct yellow gold chain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChain 40cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of a kind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melanie Katsalidis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41506371076154,"sku":"MK1131","price":3925.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/MK1131.jpg?v=1784882981"},{"product_id":"ancient-time-earrings","title":"Ancient Time Earrings","description":"\u003cp\u003eGold huggies that sit close to the ear, each set with a Winton boulder opal held in 18ct gold claws. The scale is deliberately modest — a companion to the larger pieces in Deep Time, or the first way in. Ancient stone, worn lightly, every day. The opal is removable, should you wish to wear the gold hoops on their own — or swap in another of Melanie's charms from the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/amulet-mk\"\u003eBirthstone Amulets\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18ct yellow gold and Australian Winton boulder opals, claw set\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of a kind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melanie Katsalidis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41506371665978,"sku":"MK1132","price":2025.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/MK1132_right_2.jpg?v=1783326789"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.piecesofeight.com.au\/collections\/deep-time-mk.oembed","provider":"PIECES of EIGHT GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}