I wish they grinded them down instead of cutting straight through to preserve the size of it and getting a "nugget instead of a half cut, but i get it would take a long time.
Its so much happinesses ...I had tears...looking at their happiness... WOW this collection is so beautiful so artistic OSM PATTERN after cut open OPALS...and that one which were green OPAL looks like a coconut shape..This happiness is REALLY priceless...
I remember this episode very well. And I must say if I had not seen it I would have never believed. I mean this is in my opinion the best haul of opal I have ever seen! Really awesome and truly what dreams are made of. I can not help being both jealous and envious!
I'd assume that they cut it because they're processing so much rock with little to no value in it. Grinding slowly through every single one simply isn't feasible if you're going through so many 'duds' with nothing of value in it, or opal of a far lower quality and value. Basically, by cutting them, they can evaluate more rocks, and thus increase their chance of finding opal in the first place.
They explained in another segment that aggressive grinding will cause the opal to disintegrate, so it just wouldn't be feasible to gradually grind each one down to determine if it was even of any value.
@@SlavesWereGood XD except no. I kinda had that similar line of thinking about the Yowah nuts for a little while. The reason they don't lap them all on a diamond wheel is because until you get into it you don't even know if it contains opal at all or to what degree. It would literally drive you insane within an hour.
جهد وعناء ووقت ومال لا يوازي قيمة ذالك الجمال وخاصة الاوبال الوضاء المائل للون الفيروزي الفاتح والزهري الغامق المائل للكحلي وبحكم عشقي للأوبال منذ طفولتي وحتى الآن كان يباع قديما عند صاغة الفضة والمجوهرات والان للاسف نبحث عنه لحفيداتي لم نجدة فنرجو توزيع جزء من انتاجكم للمملكة العربية السعودية وخاصة لدينا في المدينة النبوية ومكة المكرمة وجدة حيث معرفتهم بالاحجار الكريمة متوارثة لاجيال وأناس ذواقة وسوق الرياض قد يوازي كل دول الخليج ودول الشام والمغرب العربي نظراً لمستوى سكانها المالي والفني شكرا لجهدكم ومحافظتكم على استخراج هذه الكنوز تحياتي سالم الجابر المدينة النبوية
Its a gamble. Cut it and you know what value it has, but you lower it by cutting the opal. But if you dont cut it, you have no idea how big and clear it actually is
couple reasons, the nuts are either going to be specimens or cut into jewellery. In both instances, cutting down the middle shows the most face for specimens and allows more backing for cutting into jewellery
How much do you think it would take to grind those opals instead of cutting them in half? Someone said a week and someone said they would be worth 10x more
? Was thinking about making this a vacation trip does the owner of the mine let come work cause this looks like a lot of fun plus you can make money forget going to Miami 😂😂😂
