Bello Opal® Galaxy Collection (Mineral Type Created Opal) is composed of silica & very small portion of water. This opal is made to be compatible with COE 33 (borosilicate glass). It is the mainstream opal for lampworking glass art. It is as known as “Galaxy Opal”, “Created Opal” and “Gilson Opal”. It is available in 14 opal colours, such as water opal, milky opal, black opal, blue opal, pink opal and fire opal.
Galaxy Opal could be cut into coin /sheet with very thin thickness, such as 0.5mm. Sanwa offers them in different kinds of shape, such as round opal double flat, oval opal double flat, pearl opal double flat, marquise opal double flat, trillion opal double flat, heart opal double flat etc. Custom shape is welcomed.
There are two kinds of patterns available, A cut (dot pattern) and B cut (horizontal stripe pattern).












