World's Rarest Opal! 568 carats 

Pawn Stars: "Best I can do is $50 bucks... Take it or leave it."

I would rather stare at this opal all day than the mona lisa

its like the opal carries a frickin universe inside of it

Wow! That is absolutely stunning. The depth of the red is phenomenal. The holographic effect is really strong with this opal. Like looking into another dimension.

If I was filthy rich I wouldn't be buying different coloured diamonds, I'd be buying amazing looking Opals like this.

Yall might want to hide that before Thanos comes..

Are you kidding me? Children need to see this video. How can something so beautiful naturally exist?

It’s the most beautiful gem I’ve ever seen. It’s like looking at a galaxy.

I live in Oregon, in the Willamette valley, on the Calapooia river near Holly. I find ghost blue chalcedony that just slightly plays on the light. No real stacked layers, but definitely amorphous compared to the other agate in the area. That is enough to make me smile. This is just like watching a dream on RU-vid.

Opals are just plain fun to look at. Much more interesting than other jewels.

That is hands down the most exceptional rough opal I have ever seen. It is so beautiful it would be a crime to lose a carat of it to cutting.😭

Woah! What an enchanting stone! Im quite spellbound I could look at this all day.

Its been cut into an arrow head or tool....shape marks and chip planes clearly visible...this is an insanely beautiful and rare artefact.

Thank you for sharing this magnificent opal with us.

Did anyone else notice the "potch" mark that couldn't be ground down?? Let me look again. Thanks Justin for teaching me!!!

Yes its a beauty. Cutting it would destroy it

I can only imagine how beautiful heavenly city is with all the jewelled walls and streets of Gold wow

To hide this miracle away from light is such a waste, I could cry.

When it spins it looks like water lapping up against a shore. If the galaxy was an ocean. It’s so beautiful. It’s truly remarkable what this world can create. I can’t properly describe how it looks to me or how much it makes me feel while looking at it, but it’s amazing how just seeing it can trigger these emotions.

Oh, my word!!! My jaw just dropped. I would rather have this than all the gold and diamonds in the world. I look at this stone and think, "Behold, the creativity and glory of God!" Thank you for showing it.

That glorious opal is like looking at thousands of galaxies through the Hubble Deep Space telescope! Wear it as a pendant on a simple steel chain, unfinished, as is, against black velvet. No cut jewel can match this for sheer glory.

Damn everyday i fall more and more in love with opals

This is utterly brilliant! The fire!!! ... the gem is aptly named *THE ETERNAL FLAME!* 🔥🔥❤

That's the most beautiful rock I've ever seen. It looked....otherworldly.

Oh my gosh! That's the most stunning opal I have ever seen!😍🥰

looks like its shattered or nipped... like it broke from something even bigger... or was hit by like a pickaxe and broken...

I don’t care what anyone says, that stone has magic powers

You know how Black Opals fluoresce green under UV light? Because of this, I'm guessing what makes Opal black is traces of a mineral called Uraninite. Uraninite is a Uranium Dioxide mineral. The activator for Black Opal's green fluorescence must be the Uranium content in Uraninite.

Wow!!! Look at that RED!!! ❤️ That is a gorgeous crystal..So what kind of vaults were these hidden in?? And why was it hidden?

Imagine how many big opals there were out there. I say that because other videos show men all excited with a handful of colorful pieces, from a big opal they just shattered.

I remember when I was 11 or 12, about 13 years ago this old fart came up to me and slapped this rock in my hand. Beautiful piece. Just about the size of my palm, maybe an a inch and a half thick. Turns out that was one of the largest fire opals ever recorded. Probably worth more than ever dollar I've ever made/spent combined, and then some. ( I was part of a local Gem and Mineral society) Never seen anything like it since. Still baffles me to this day haha.

Wow! Just amazing! Even with the flaws, it glitters and sparkles. No wonder people prefer opals to diamonds!

Ahoy Justin, Many thanks for bring us a look at such a rare find.

Какая красота!Жаль,что видео такое короткое.Не налюбовалась.

This reminds me of the Hubble photo of all the galaxies.

Black opal, large, high quality, and a ton of red - yep, that's a very valuable stone.

Absolutely incredible. Just to look at it is incredible.

Words....nearly>fail me. This incredulous, superior Artwork of Nature, has literally left me, Breathless in Awe😶. Rosie 🦓

This stone was found by the late John Shaw in the seventies in booyong, not tintenbar, altough not far from tintenbar, its worth noting that there were hundreds of opal mines working in teven, tintenbar and booyong between 1911 and 1932, John mined Booyong from 1972 on. He was a wonderfull man with a passion for life and opal, Campbell Bridges bought almost all the opal that came from him, including this piece, by all accounts of what John told me he was also an amazing man with a huge passion, this stone is of enormous value and cultural significance because of the rarity and geolocation, it belongs in a museum on the north coast of new south wales but i very much doubt anybody will ever see it again. And by the way thats ecactly how he found it, the rest of it is probably still down the hole, but dont expect the locals to allow you to ever even look around the area, its all covered in macadamia trees and expensive real estate, i can say by experience the locals there all have a screw loose and money to burn.

looks amazing. I wouldn't want anyone to anything to that opal besides look at it.

Could you imagine that cut down so that the rough green edges were gone and only the magnificent red center was left 😵😵😍😍😍

Most beautiful gem I've ever seen.

I could sit and look at it turn all day. Magnificent.

When I was at the Smithsonian, I saw a bunch of amazing opals and this one might be more grand than any I saw there. It looks magical and like something a god would own.

That deep red color is incredible.

As soon as I saw these images I was sure that this is a knapped implement, either a small hand axe or scraper, or perhaps a spear point. It's highly unlikely that it was ever used, as it would surely be seen as having magical properties. But as another commenter has posted here, that's apparently a knapped item and it's strange that nobody has thought to investigate that aspect of its provenance. (Quite possibly it should also be the property of the Original People of that region.)

I am totally in love, all over again. I am just so mesmerized by the depth of colour inside😍

You know when cats see christmas tree ornaments? I think this is what they must see, left me speechless and full of goosebumps!

This is absolutely magical!

Just immensely beautiful!

That's absolutely insane! it almost looks like it was flint mapped into a spear tip. That thing'll kill you some demons

This, right here, is what keeps every opal miner going, "the big one" we're all chasing.

tintenbar opal is volcanic in that it was formed in lava[basalt],then eroded out to be found in red clay rich soil,some of the material can be unstable and can crack and craze,but it is sweet opal to look at ,some of the material is contra luz in nature ,full spectrum colours with rolling flashes,that are as bright as the best qld boulder opal,we also get some fire opal,found in rhyolite vugs deep in the rainforests behind byron bay that have an amber/honey/yellow colour some with a beautiful play of precious opal inside. rolling flashes

Isadore, all of our palaces, are constructed of gemstones, gold, pearl, Ivory, silver, ruby, you get the picture. Isadore is the most extravagent kingdom in the universe. Whats my favorite building material- I love them all, but Opal is my favorite.. Read the above story about the Opal that was hidden for 40 years.

What is crazy is what the rest of it looked like before rendered to what it is now.

Every few months I come back and have a look at this , are there even words that can really describe this national treasure ?

Alternative Title: There is a City within this Opal Gemstone!

It's like looking at an ancient relic from a lost civilization that knew the treasure that it had. I'm sure they thought it was magic.

Very nice and I love the vibrant playing colors, a real beauty!

Wow! Is this that big one u were working on? U cut it? Amazing! Simply amazing!❤❤❤

This stone is proof that opal is the most beautiful stone in the world....

A gem with a galaxy within. Mesmerizing 🥰😍

It's just spectacular, for a piece that big it's amazing how much it has going on.

This in my opinion at least for me is a much nicer stone than Glorious Jubilee which is 755.34 carrots. This stone is amazing. The colour shifts, fire, and depth of it's brilliance truly mesmerizes, and astounds me. It looks yummy, like candy. Wow.

I had no idea opal broke in glass patterns like that. Edit: That stone could’ve been much bigger, lord only knows.

I just fell in love 😍 wow what a gem , absolutely stunning

"Worlds rarest opal" proceeds to touch with bare hands

as beautiful as this is there are many ethiopian opals on the market of comparable quality

What is the music played here? I just discovered your channel, and thought youtube was glitching because this music also is used on another channel I was just watching. Dr. Ramani uses this music as the intro for all her youtube videos. Her channel has been life-changing for me, and perhaps yours will be too! I'm mesmerized by opals and would love to learn more about your processes.

... Truly hypnotized...

You guys do you. You taught me a lot.

Kept dry for 40 years? Wouldn't it craze?

That is not a gem ...THIS IS A GEM!

Yeah,found it with a bit of clay on the outside an got me 6 inch grinder out and....

There's something magical about opals. Someday I will see one, when I get to heaven most likely.

Ugg... got a new flint for the spear. Mrs Ugg.. erm no you didn't.

Oh My God. What an incredible stone.

That opal is beautiful. Merry Christmas.

Hi Justin , do you know anything about the Tintenbar mine? I lived about 2 kms away from it for years when I was young and had no clue about any finds there until a few years ago. I used to go fishing along the creeks there and still do on occasion although the mine is obviously on private property and not accessible to public. Do you know of any other finds around the far nth coast? I know of an old honey opal mine, and I wonder if there's still potentially unrealised pockets of opal dotted throughout this area.Thanks for the vids, always interesting and nicely composed.

Hi, so this vid is a couple years old, but wondering what became of the glorious Eternal Flame opal? Where is it today? Thanks!

Isadore- all of our 16th chapple meetings are open to the public. Every chair does hold security clearence briefings every so often. if you have the security clearence you can just show up and get the brieifing..

Hi Justin, I am a fan of your channel and I happened to notice something about this one in particular and not sure if anyone else noticed but it has flint napping marks on it, so it is the most beautiful artifact I have ever seen. What is the whole story behind this piece?

It’s not often you see me with chin on the floor and drooling like a boxer dog drinking water but WOW what a stunner👍

it looks as if it has been worked or knapped on two edges to use as a point or blade.

Oh my! I don't even have words for this.

Why hasn't it been cut and polished?

This opal would make the most epic arrowhead.

That should be in a museum.

Absolutely stunning

It's like an amazing fireworks show when it spins

I would have called it the Grand Red Galaxy...cause it's so outta this world beautiful.

the infinity opal, the front of it looks almost like obsidian, does that mean it was chipped from a larger piece?

Such an amazing specimen

This needs to be on display at a museum!

Wow just wow that's all i can say!! Gorgeous can't even begin to describe it.

spectacular flecks of color from just the edges alone !!!! WOW

I would think you could find opals in and around crows nests. They love the sparklies,lol.

That's just the slag off my Dad's furnace...you should see the gems!

Magnificent..pure beauty...absolutely stunning

Just found this video, absolutely incredible. This piece belongs in a museum. But out of curiosity, what would the value of that stone be in today's market?