Jewelry designer and gemologist Katherine Jetter, an Australian native debuted what she calls ‘the first luxury Australian Opal Jewelry Brand’ during the Couture Show in Las Vegas. She created a line featuring the opal, the Daintree Rainforest Collection, to commemorate the natural landscapes of her birthplace and focus on a gem so rarely seen in luxury jewelry designs today. When looking at an opal, however, it is hard to deny its spectacular impact and the exclusivity the look implies, so one can't help but wonder why it has been so absent, and for so long.