Q Talk

[Evansmimi]

Why is it bad luck to wear Opals if you weren't born in October?

[Travone]

Don't know why, but I have also heard you are not supposed to buy them for yourself....as that will bring on bad luck. 

I did purchase a beautiful opal ring when I was on a cruise eons ago......the stone fell out and I never found it.  Since my bd is not in October and I bought it for myself, perhaps that was my bad luck. 

[kaydee50]

I've never heard that about opals.  I just find them to be very fragile and easily chipped.

[millieshops]

I once bought myself a pretty opal ring which I eventually hid - hid it so well I never found it even when I moved out of that house.   Bad luck or just plain carelessness?

[Love my grandkids]

@Evansmimi To me that's just a silly superstition and I don't buy into those!

[BlueFinch]

No idea when, or where this started, but I've always heard it and I'm not tempting fate . 

[Peaches McPhee]

How does any superstition get started, really?  

[fthunt]

Bad luck - no - I have my Mom's and she wasn't born in Oct either.  They do clip easily and, opals have a lot of water content in the stone, so should not wear in sub-freezing temps or it could crack.

[Group 5 minus 1]

It might have to do w/The Moonstone (an early mystery novel). 

[Pecky]

I heard that years ago.  I totally forgot about it.  I did buy an opal ring and not born in Oct and I am still here to talk about it. LOL