Absolute Opals Gets an Amazing Opal Deal 

Like the cutting video content would love to see more with you assessing rough and cutting stones 👍

Àt 9 minutes in, I was almost screaming DREMEL

Ooo pretty!

Sand... can't live with it, can't live without it.

I'm glad someone is getting good deals on opals somewhere In the world. I can never seem to get a break. I either get chipped, cracked, sandshot garbage, or the stones I order just never show up. Starting to wonder if I should just give up on opal

Would love to see more rubbing videos!

Beautiful colour. You are a patient man. Are carvings the least desirable way to go when all other options fail? and is there a ready and keen market for carvings?

Well I am trying so hard to be nice here. $300.00 is a steal . You know it and so so all of us here. Everytime I see a video or read a story the vendor/cutter has ridiculous prices on opal. So either they are all pricing opal at crazy prices for entertainment purposes or these opals are actually worth what they all say? And the poor miner, the one who really is in the riskiest part of the opal trade and who happens to usually have the most overhead to deal with like fuel, maintenance and buying expensive machinery. Well he is one of the parts of this equation that takes a beating. Then there are the customers who also take a beating when paying for what the vendor sets the price at. So let's take a look at this. You paid $300.00 and from what I could see right back at the beginning was a super purchase on your behalf. Even if you just took the one area off and cut 2 stones then you had already made a killing. Tell me if I am wrong? Are the prices I see per carat real or is it just ky imagination? Please set me straight because I hear cutters and vendors all the time talk about th he risky stones they purchased. But to be quite honest I first of all prefer the specimens as they come out of the mines. I do not like cut stones. Second of all I would never pay the price that most in the Australian opal trade charge. I agree , Australian opals are the best. But like most people I have no problem purchasing opal sourced from other countries because they are at a more realistic price point for opal per carat. I just happen to believe the opal miners deserve a much more reasonable price for their hard work. Opal miners could almost be considered as working in a sweat shop. Like I said if I am at fault here with my points of view then please straighten me out and I will gladly apologize for any misconceptions.

$300 was needed fuel money? That sounds like a dire situation.

That is a beautiful knobby wowwwwy, I would love to buy something like that for 300. I'd even pay American 300 for that piece all day. Hahahha. Who am I kidding, I'm a yank, I'd pay much more for that piece of rough.