Everyone said it was fake but it turned out to be a real gem opal 

Possibly the most beautiful gemstone of all time? Certainly in my eyes. A diamond can refract a rainbow, under the right circumstances, but this carries the rainbow within itself. Wonderful, truly wonderful.

Breath-taking!

That has to be the most spectacular opal in the world. It is one of a kind. You are the luckiest man alive to just be able to hold it and see it. The camera cannot possibly do it justice. ✌🇨🇦❤😯😲😲

That’s actually insane, I had no idea that an opal was even capable of looking like that. That stone belongs in the opal history books.

Okay, you win, that's the finest black opal I've ever seen, and I've seen plenty. Not the blackest, but the color play, on those beautifully striated patterns, wow! To think of the impossibly perfect conditions it took to create that stone, once in a lifetime like you said; if you're lucky.

That is spectacular, unbelievably beautiful, just incredible‼️

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!!! WHAT A STONE!!! Cool video, thanks Justin!

Until I started watching your channel, I never knew all these different patterns existed.

Beautiful stone - almost looks synthetic, until compared to a fake opal 💎

Omg, it is BEAUTIFUL!! I JUST WANT TO HOLD IT ALL DAY! Nevermind having it set in a peice of gold! Can you tell I am in love with opals?!

Seeing is believing! No words to express something so sublime ❤❤❤

I’ve learned so much from you. I’d never buy an opal from anyone else

Justin, sir, I bet you SH-T your pants when you uncovered that pattern ! I just about did just watching this video. Let me explain… You know I’ve been following you for a year now, and I’ve watched at least 90% of your content, sometimes can’t get enough so I watch my favorites over and over again. I’ve heard you speak of The Rainbow Serpent, but I’ve never actually seen it - until now. And OMG ! Right ? Right ? RIGHT !!! That is an amazing gem ! I would love to have watched you cut that one. I’d also love to watch you cut a true Harlequin as well. Keeping my fingers crossed 🤞 !

Finding a new pattern opal has got to be better than the feeling of finding any other gem stone... This is why I'm an opal nut.

An absolutely phenomenal stone Justin, great work with the cutting and the polishing to bring up such an amazing and rare colour play. I hope you are going to do the Crystal Opal cutting video that you mentioned recently on your Facebook page!!

We were the exclusive Gilson Created Opal worldwide grower/cutters production and marketing schedulers for almost 25 years. I find this to be a most fascinating video. I've seen productions from Lambina that appear close to this construct. I've also had Gilson productions that don't display the typical "lizard skin" on the vertical that one usually sees as proof positive of lab growth. At any rate, we are still the oldest Australian opal specialist company in America. Our roots began with my Dad in Australia in 1938. The business will likely fade to history when I do, but it's been a phenomenal run. And even while we had the Gilson productions exclusively, until the production ceased and we sold off the stocks, we always had, as our main focus, the fantastic natural opal from Australia. And we still do, to this day. Thanks, Justin, for the work you are doing. Very informative and very well done.

I have no words to express how Beautiful this stone is except for supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Yes that does it quite well.

Wow you really are getting all the spectrum colors on that rock. Awesome black opal

WOW! I’ve always loved Opals, but that is prettier than anything I’ve ever seen..

Wow, that's amazing! Out of curiosity, how much would you think that opal is worth?

Been watching ALL your vids... Learned a lot and actually bought rough opals and made a set for my girlfriend... 😊

The sound that I think was supposed to be music in this just made a ringing noise like tinnitus for me.

It looks like a Bush Fire...captured forever.

When 6 infinity stones combined...

Wow Justin, great work, what an amazing stone.

What did this sell for? 😳

What a beautiful specimen !

Im in love with opal especially these black opal.

finally found a piece of the smashed rainbow bridge of Asgard 👍🏼

Beautiful

As the stone rotates, you can see natural variations in the pattern--some straw pattern showing up in spots. I think with synthetic opals, won't the synthetic pattern be "perfect"? At least I've not seen synthetic opal with such natural-looking variation in the pattern. Makes it all the more beautiful--stunning actually.

Justin I say that opal comes from dreamtime

It's beautiful Justin, love it! ❤❤❤❤

Justin thank you for the address. I'll be in touch. BEAUTIFUL WORK.

I am happy that you were the person that got to cut this stone! You deserve to cut the most beautiful opals people have ever seen, and I believe this because your true love, dedication, and reverence of opal shines through in your videos. Thank you for sharing your passion with the world and allowing us to see some of the most stunning of all the gifts from mother Earth. How someone could look at a nice opal and a nice diamond, then pick the diamond is beyond me!

I’ve never heard of lizard skin pattern. Is there anyway you could show us that in a video Justin.

( Just ) when I think I’ve seen the best opal ever , here comes ( Justin ) with another Stunning/Spectacular/Amazing Opal to blow my mind 🤯 ! Is it sold and if so , how much did it sell for ? 🙏🏼💙♥️💜🧡💚💛🤍🤎🙏🏼

I really would like to know what the value is and why like brightness .. etc...

The real Opal proves the make of the synthetic as being a very close copy.

Oddball question I am sure but, it just struck me at first glance, that opal was formed from a fossilized squid or something similar, am I correct? I ask because I've seen some videos of belemnites and the shape of this gem looks EXTREMELY similar to a belemnite section. It could be interesting to know if opals that formed in different ways (seam, boulder, fossil, nobbie, etc) have specific patterns that are more or less common due to the way it formed. In my head if one wanted to find a gem with a similar pattern one should look more into belemnites whilst for a flagstone pattern, seam opal is probably a better bet... I know odd question but these gems are super interesting and they make my curiosity go wild :D

STUNNING!!!!

Why was potch left on it?? Bec it would hv bn too weird a shape without something in that spot?? What did it look like before it was cut???

Stunning

WoW...

Hi Justin , great video and awesome gem , thanks ! Yes it is very rare and beautiful pattern but I think many opals have this type of 'tubes' but in most cases because of the shape of the rough or thin color bar you are unable to cut it 'right way' and expose the pattern - btw. I always thought that this is how the 'real or perfect' - ribbon mackerel pattern - should look like ? regards Dom

Justin, I know you cannot divulge what you sold that gem for, but now that it is a few years on, and say I came to you with it in my possession, what would you tell me to insure it for?

As beautiful as that stone is I would love to be able to see what it look like "before". To see the stone in its original, natural form before it was cut & polished. If you could post some pictures of that, if you have any, I think it would add to the story. Thank you very much

So gorgeous!

Aside from the opal that looks like it has Chinese writing in it (I forget what its called, someone please correct me??), this might be the coolest frikkin opal EVER !!!!! God, ive been STRUGGLING to get my artistic mojo going (I do acrylic nails), and whenever it gets this bad, I look at your opals (hi, its me, ive probably told you this on Instagram several times now 😂), and good lord this is so pretty and honestly gives me SO much inspiration!!!!! 💜💜💜 Since I could NEVER afford this, ill just try to replicate it on my nails 🤷🏻‍♀️ love you guys!!!!

Way prettier than the fake

phenomenal

Wow! Stunning. You could tell he was pleased to have had a chance to see it.

bestest opal gem ive ever seen the best! do you own this dustin this will be priceless for sure priceless

Hi Justin, i am new to your channel and just came across your channel. Do you have any general tips so that i can differentiate fake/synthetic vs real opal on my own @blackopaldirect

amazing gem for sure

That is freaking awesome

So what’s the explanation of the pattern of this stone? How did it come to form with said striations?

What's the selling price on this one?

did you cut and polish the opal yourself

Opal beautiful !

That's like holy opal lol

how much is that stone worth?

Breath taking

A piece of the Bifröst. Unbelievable.

Now for the $1,000,000 question..... Is it worth $1,000,,000 ? How much per carat is that bad boy worth?

How much is it worth?

Holy Opal 😎👍💯

Absolutely beautiful!!!!!!

So beautiful...amazing!

omg its like a rainbow 🌈 maker xx

that one must be worth a fortune!

Very nice

Muito bonitas suas opalas parabéns me escrevi fica com Deus

magnificent!!!

Remarkable

Justin, what an absolutely Magnificent stone!! So is it in your collection, a museum or has it been cut? Well in reading the comments I see it was sold to a collector. Must of hurt just a bit getting rid of it but your pocketbook sure was a happy one I'll bet! Lol Opals beauty never ceases to amaze me.

wow, it's wonderful

Rainbow bamboo fiber opals

Wow how do u value this piece? What is it worth if its the rarest of all??

Imagine my surprise when I saw Tony, who I worked with sometimes over 40 years ago!!!

What a beauty and hello

it seems unreal!

Has it been given a name?

It looks much like Kyocera synthetic opal.

Beautiful opal Justin. How much?

it reminds me of the stone from dragon tales 😍😍😍

👏🏻👏🏻

Im just wondering if it came from a larger piece that you had to work on to get that shape ultimately? I'd love to know what it looked like before, and if there was a hint that it would turn out like this? 👍 ❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜

Everybody wants to know a value for this stone 🙂

That ringing in your soundtrack, makes me convulse.

😱💕💕

Do you have any pictures of the stone before you cut/polished it?

bloody h*** justin...... wow

Column of Atlantis! 🤠 🏛

My birthstone is an Opal.

Hi Justin I have two Andamooka matrix opal with similar patterns, 60 / 50 / 24 mm. Are you interested to cut them into pendant for me , I will pay for the stones , and it would be an interesting job for the viewers 🤩👍

I'm from Indonesia - I have something like this

RU-vid (Makmur Wijaya) Batu yang sama.

I have one

I wish ppl would leave the “worth” , alone... to each his own...that is a beautiful stone though!