“Stephanie had told me soon after we started dating that [fire opal] was her favorite. At our first meeting, Abby got the wonderful job of telling me this beautiful stone that I’d held on to…was NOT POSSIBLE. ‘The green fire opal is too soft, would surely break in a matter of 1-2 years, and was my girlfriend active at all? If so it could shatter even sooner. Well since Stephanie is a runner / biker / skier / climber / hiker / Coloradan, I knew it was true. But it was the way that Abby gave this bad news that I knew- I was going to work with her. She immediately was able to turn me around to other options that would serve wonderfully. “