Children's Earrings: Sterling Silver Lab Opal Heart Earrings

Opal is the birthstone for the October birthday girl.  Give her a gift with real meaning to her.  These little hearts measure 5mm x 6mm.  Is Lab opal, real opal?  It is technically correct to describe lab opal as real.  Most lab-created opals are done in a way that mimics the organic process as closely as possible to natural opal formation but within a concentrated period. Synthetic, or ‘lab-produced’ opals possess nearly all the same chemical, physical and optical characteristics as genuine, mined opals. However, there does exist some lab opals that have been modified with additional materials and, chemically speaking, are not identical to natural opal.