Did I screw this one up? My Opal Journey Stone 207

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Today I cut a piece of Mintabie rough opal from Australia. This piece is from the eighth parcel of rough I purchased on opalauctions.com from Riley Gunn's shop: 53Frogs (thanks, Mr Gunn!).
This rough piece is 1.45 carats in weight and is 11 x 7.2 x 5 mm in size.
What will become of this stone? Join me and find out!
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28 окт 2024

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@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

Did you like the thumbnail for this video? comment below, please

@tigereye508 2 месяца назад

Love the ice cave with matching frozen cape! The lights under ice walls must be opal. You also changed the cape color in another finger nail that look like chocolate opal. There were color points sho OtiNg downward. There is more detail. All impressive. Well done Sir!

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

AI is pretty inconsistent when generating these pictures, but that is not always a bad thing.

@MariaAndraste 2 месяца назад

You found the prettiest part, without much loss! Soft and watery look.

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

I wish I could recut it from the other side. It may have turned out better.

@krissnider-anderson1205 2 месяца назад

Turned out beautiful

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

thanks, it was by no means assured

@AlabamaUSA1234 2 месяца назад

Don, did you see? Look at AUS Opals... I'm so excited for you!

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

@@AlabamaUSA1234 I saw. Thanks for your excitement!

@AlabamaUSA1234 2 месяца назад

@@ThatOpalGuy Dude, I had a panic attack 😂😂😂

@tigereye508 2 месяца назад

Thank you, ThatOpalGuy. All this Opal needs is a nice wrap. Nancy has a special toss coin😂

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

it would be a good pendant, or even ring piece. no favorites

@tigereye508 2 месяца назад

@@ThatOpalGuy I did see a tear drop ring from wire class. It looked streamline and surprisingly elegant.

@specialgems 2 месяца назад

Opal is a natural gift

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

@@specialgems indeed it is

@AusOpal 2 месяца назад

punched way above its cost and weight :)

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

@@AusOpal ha. The experience was worth far more.

@GreatLifeforQ 2 месяца назад

Mintabi seam is always colorful n bright on side flash. Sometimes you can off angle cut if the sand isn't present. I've cut plates the size of you hand, 1 inch thick, dusted in sand top n bottom and could only cut smaller gems free from sand inclusions. This material can make A grade doublets.

@drfill9210 2 месяца назад

Good work doing that! Mintabie is one of the awesomest, yet most frustrating of opals. Super hard and typically with sand top and bottom, the tension in the opal is immense. Once you touch it you have to finish the cut because removing one layer of sand puts lopsided stress on the opal, and even the tiniest vibrating can start a crack that will quickly progress

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

when it hits, it is marvelous though.

@scottpeters5624 2 месяца назад

Nice result,

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

thanks, it was a fun learning experience.

@W.MOpals 2 месяца назад

I think you did great mate! Pretty stone left at the end, what's not to like? I am curious, why do you not film yourself actually cutting the stone? :)

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

I will start with a question of my own: Is it really necessary? My main goal in this channel is to show people that THEY can cut opal, cheaply. I want to show my results, and the progress of those results, over time. Yeah, I CAN show me cutting (and have made one video with that) but as I am not really the best qualified person to try teaching opal cutting should I really take the time to record and edit all the GB of footage(not to mention I have a terrible habit of saving stuff that should be deleted). I am willing to try things if the audience wants it, but I am also pretty invested making the videos and do I REALLY want to take even more time on videos of which people are only watching 20%?

@W.MOpals 2 месяца назад

@@ThatOpalGuy Very well said Don, you are a prime example of being able to cut opal on a budget and still have fun. I think it's great and your channel growth reflects that :)

@ThatOpalGuy 2 месяца назад

Thanks, Will, same for your channel. Maybe I will try cutting on camera in future, but all of my recent videos are opals I cut a while ago, and as such the chance of making video of cutting is impossible. Unless you know of a Doctor somewhere?