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Heaven In Earth Opals
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I’m here to share the beauty that is opal.
All of my rough and finished stones for sale are available at Heaven-in-Earth.com
All of my rough and finished stones for sale are available at Heaven-in-Earth.com
Why is Australian opal rough sold wet when Ethiopian opal rough is sold dry?
There are many exceptions to these statements, such as when buying single pieces of Australian rough, especially with many clean surfaces showing good color.
This video was put together without much effort and time due to a long term very tight schedule. I wanted to give the community a little bit of content, rather than nothing at all. I apologize for not being able to take more time to get a deeper in depth video at the moment.
If you disagree or have any corrections, or papers/studies/research I can read post it in the comments. I’m always happy to learn.
This video was put together without much effort and time due to a long term very tight schedule. I wanted to give the community a little bit of content, rather than nothing at all. I apologize for not being able to take more time to get a deeper in depth video at the moment.
If you disagree or have any corrections, or papers/studies/research I can read post it in the comments. I’m always happy to learn.
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Let’s cut some opal - Ethiopian Welo opal cutting and polishing
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Let’s cut some opal - Ethiopian Welo opal cutting and polishing
How to fix a hydrophane opal that lost its color - clean oil out of an ethiopian opal
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Hydrophane opals can absorb water by definition, and release it. Sometimes, when set in jewelry that has open backing or is constantly touching skin, if worn for a few years, these stones can get a translucent/yellow look as a result of absorbing skin oils (or sebum). Anything that can go in, should be able to go out. It’s quite an easy fix. Break down the oil with acetone so it flows more quic...
Cutting Ethiopian opal | A how to guide for making a flat cabochon base
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Upon request, I’ve uploaded an explanation of the process that gives the flat base on a cabochon, which is needed dop the stone for cutting. This process is the same for Ethiopian Welo opals, Australian opals, or any other type of cabochon, especially those with directional asterism or color flash. Please let me know in the comments what you want to see next! If you’re interested in any opals, ...
Cutting Ethiopian honeycomb opal | How to guide for cabbing Welo opals
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A brief overview/guide to cutting ethiopian welo opals. There is so much more to discuss! Let me know what you want to see next, in the comments. For your browsing pleasure, my website is Heaven-in-earth.com
Guide to patterns in Ethiopian Welo Opal
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This video is not meant to be a comprehensive list, or an in depth discussion as to exactly what a pattern is or isn’t, but a quick overview of several of the amazing patterns opal from Ethiopia can display.
Stop giving wrong information man! This in fact destroyed the opals completely.
so is acetone 100% safe for opals? mine has turned yellow and I would like it to be as beautiful as when I bought it, but knowing how delicate they are I'm terrified of ruining or cracking it
@@carlottaalbiero50 every opal I’ve cut in the past 3 or 4 years has had prolonged exposure to acetone, and not one has been damaged by it. I won’t give a guarantee, but the chances seem vanishingly slim. I’ve heard one or 2 reports of cracks being revealed, but I’m inclined to believe it has more to do with stones that took damage that hadn’t shown yet, or that were cut without having the proper fracture testing procedures done first.
Thank you for your answer! I convinced myself to try, my opal has never received a knock or similar and is in excellent condition 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@carlottaalbiero50 I look forward to hearing the outcome :)
I'm curious, my opal lost it's color after getting under water. It also got pretty transparent. After letting it dry it is more milky again but still the deep color is missing. What would you recommend? Putting it in acetone? Or first in room temperature oil? And which one? Would be really my last save! Thank you 🙏🏻
@@ichelleschoorl5564 if it was just water, allowing it to dry out would have returned to normal color. That tells me there may have been something else in the stone already, or the water may have had something else dissolved in it. If this has never been exposed to oils and it’s something that was dissolved in the water, then you could try multiple water soak and dry processes. It isn’t necessary to put the stone in oil to clean it out. That was just me proving to the audience that the stone did have oil in it, not just water, to show that acetone can remove fat-based contamination.
Just any regular acetone works?
As long as it’s 100% acetone, and not some blended product
@@heaveninearthopals3855 could you leave it in for 5-6 days? I am so grateful mine is clearing up but it’s just to where I can see through it again and a little bit of fire has come back. Or should I do this process multiple times?
@@lizbizz931 you’ll probably gain more by doing multiple stages to full dry and soak, than by leaving it in for a longer time and doing a single soak. However it could be possible to get more out of it by shaking it around a bit while it’s soaking.
Defintely other patterns for australian opals, not just ethiopean. That video you made was amazing especially with all the examples.
Wow the beautiful forest noises, its like white noise. I could easily sleep to that.
Chirp chirp!
@@heaveninearthopals3855 Its like im really there.
Just tried the acetone bath on my opals. I did it several days long, then I let dry then did it again. I repeated on just one opal. One day acetone became slightly yellow. Then I put it in water and later some crevices appeared. My opal is drying now but still Yellow and a chip is missing…😟
Oh no! Any saturation would have forced a present crack in the stone to be more visible by increasing the divide, whether water or acetone. To have sold the piece, the jeweler is very likely to have washed it after polishing. This tells me the stone may have been hit on a wall, or dropped after being set, and formed a small crack, but not showed it yet. I am only guessing of course, every situation is different. Im sorry to hear about your misfortune.
Do you think new opal welo jewelry should be stored in a water jar to avoid it turning to yellow ? Or maybe cleaning it carefully after wearing it ? Or not store it at all in a box ? My opal pendants from years ago have all turned to yellow. So I will be trying your tip.
Don’t store Ethiopian jewelry grade opals in water. They’ll go colorless for a day or so while they’re drying out, which would suck to have to wait for a day or so for it to return to normal. There’s no reason to do that. You can store it in a box, or in open air, it really isn’t as sensitive as some people try to make it out to be.
Definitely NOT worth a thousand dollars...!!! You got scammed
how to change it to black
Mine accidentally went in the wash making it yellow and translucent. Did it only for 24 hours as I was scared of soaking it longer. It went a dark amber colour in the acetone. Once I took it out it became milky again. But it still has a yellow tinge not as turquoise as when I bought it. But it looks much better and happy I did it.
It may take a few days to fully return to normal, and if you notice it still hasn’t a month later(something like 0.1% of Ethiopian opals take a super long time to dry out) try a few more acetone soaks. Sometimes it takes multiple soaks. Can’t hurt to try
@@heaveninearthopals3855 thank you will soak it now for the 4 days and see thank you.
@@Zara-fe9qz you’ll only really need to soak it until it goes translucent, then maybe double or triple that time for good luck haha
I just want to thank you so much for this video! My wedding ring had gone completely translucent and I tried everything to get the fire back and nothing worked. I was ready to give up on it and I tried this. OMG it worked the fire is back and I can’t thank you enough!❤
I’m so glad I could help!
Thank you so much for your video, it worked wonders for my opals that had turned brown. I am so happy!! They are so much better and so relieved. I wanted to ask your advice - as they are not quite back to normal. Is it possible to repeat the process and do the four-day acetone soak a second time to get a better result?
Definitely! Sometimes it takes multiple soaks. You’re not gonna hurt it by keeping it in longer, or continuing to repeat soak and drying. Acetone air, acetone air. Good luck :)
@@heaveninearthopals3855 Thank you so much, that is such a great help. I did the soak once more and the opals are just so beautiful again. I am so pleased with the outcome. Thank you!!!!
That was smart. I would have thought that acetone-to-air might crack the stone (drying too fast). I did a number of variations of “rapidly drying” Welo opal in a video. Putting wet stones in with silica gel was harsh! It appears that “drying out” is the main cause of cracking in Ethiopian opal.
Nice video! That’s interesting seeing that you saturated it with oil first. I have always just put it into acetone directly. But, you can’t argue with success. Congrats!
Thank you :) The saturation with oil was just to show people that there was oil in the stone, and that oil can be pulled out. Also so no one could say “that was just water!”
OMG EXTRODINARY !
Excellent video
This totally worked for me. I don’t know what kind of opal I have here (I just don’t know enough about them) but after a couple of years of seeing my daughter’s necklace hanging in her closet and knowing she was sad that it was now an ugly solid greenish yellow color (like an ugly mood ring) that she no longer wanted to wear, I asked her to let me take a shot at trying to “fix” it. I found your video five days ago. Not knowing how acetone would affect the entire pendant, I gently removed the opal and submerged it by itself in a glass jar of fingernail polish remover with acetone (with a lid-following your directions). I did swish it around a few times each day for four days. It looked the same every time I checked on it. Last night (day four) I took it out and laid it on a paper towel, face up, to air dry. I checked on it 10 minutes later and, although it still basically looked the same, I thought I was starting to see one tiny speck of fire. I wish I would have checked on it more regularly so I could have watched the transformation but I accidentally forgot about it for 2 hours. When I checked again . . . FIRE!! I turned it over to give the bottom a chance to air out more freely. I woke up this morning and it’s even more firey than it was when my daughter first got it (must not have been it’s original brilliance even then)! I’m going to give it the rest of today to let air circulate around it more before putting it back in its setting but I’m already extremely impressed with how well this has worked. Thank you SO MUCH for making this video-I can hardly wait to see the look on my daughter’s face when I surprise her with her revived opal! (Side notes: not knowing enough about opals, my daughter wore this pendant 24/7. It had been exposed to daily showers, touching, probably hairspray or at least it’s fumes, hand lotion, sunlight, ocean water, sunscreen, body oils, sweat, and hot tubs. It’s original brilliance was poor to begin with. It went completely cloudy within about two months of this wear. Now it had been hanging in her closet for at least two years with zero brilliance. In 4 days, the acetone soak has restored more fire than it was revealing at the time of original purchase).
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I followed exactly and repaired a coconut oil damaged ring! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Ur amazing
Very similar to my process.
Can I use vegetable oil ?
Oil is not to be used intentionally. I’m simply doing this to show people that the stone is in fact saturated with oil, and that acetone can remove it
Just put my opal choker in a acetone bath. Excited to see how the color comes back after a few days. After they have been sitting. Do I pat them dry after coming out? Or just let them sit and air dry?
no need to pay it dry, but if you do, no harm will be done. Sorry for the late response
I love that yogurt lol I keep the same jars to soak my opal in acetone😂
Do I have to soak it in the oil first? Or can I just use the acetone? And does acetone percentage matter? I have a ring where the main stone is opal and it’s yellowed but the side stones are alexandrite, do you know if that’s okay?
Soaking it in oil first was simply to show people that this isn’t some trick, this gets the oil out. Definitely just go straight to the acetone. Alexandrite should be completely fine :)
It worked for my Ethiopian opal. But I just soaked it overnight. I can still see some transparent part inside. Should I soak it for 3-4 days?
Some part inside is still translucent. But most of the surface is already opaque
@@tomasitoangsuta9318 yep, keep trying the soak till it more thoroughly permeates the stone. Some stones have more space in their silica structure than others
I just found you. My wife and I recently returned from Australia where I bought a pair of boulder opal earrings. That evening she went into the hotel pool while wearing them. The pool water had a salty taste. What was originally primarily green with large flecks of blue and small spots of red is now almost entirely green. Are you familiar with boulder opals? Do you recommend anything which will bring back the colors but not damage the bonded stone and opal? I would greatly appreciate any information, even if it is directions to someone else who could help. Hope you are able to enjoy this season. Daniel G.
Did you ever find a cure for this?
@@mctoasty420 no
@@user-lb4vr1ez9j apologies for the lack of reply. I have to be honest, I’ve never once heard of Boulder opal losing its color. It’s possible you were the target of some scamming practices.. I’d be interested to see before and after photos if you have them
I have some of that stuff
Whats the sticky stuff you put on the wood stick?
What happens if it gets wet again?
Can this work for Ethiopian that gets water on it and turns to glass?
When water has been the only interaction, the opal will return to normal color within a few days.
@@heaveninearthopals3855unfortunately that's not always the cause. I had that same happening color didn't return 😢 what can I do?
Can I soak my 925 silver opal pendants which has turn translucent in acetone?
Yep!
I just tried it! up my opal look so good now. it was pale yellow to begin with
I have an opal engagement ring that just came back from the jewelry after being cloudy and scratched and it’s totally crystal clear! I am getting married in a week but I’m nervous to put the whole setting in an acetone bath 😬
Under the same name, you can contact me on Facebook. To be entirely honest, it’s a complicated topic and I need a lot more information to figure out how to help the most effectively. I’d be happy to do a short messenger call.
That’s what happened to mine. It was set in water to clean the stones and I didn’t know what would happen and it turned crystal clear yellowish but as it dried it became entirely cloudy
My beautiful opal ring went yellow, clear, and foggy after only 7 months. The jeweler I bought it from told me to occasionally soak it overnight in mineral water, but that only made it worse. I saw this video and a reddit post by someone who had successfully restored her ring following your method. So I tried it. I just took my ring out of the acetone after 2.5 days and the opal broke! I'm so sad. Is there a reason this could have happened that I wasn't aware of? (The stone was one piece, not a doublet or triplet.) However, it's only been drying for a few minutes and the fire is already so much better and the stone (both pieces) is turning white again. I might try to glue the pieces back together as a temporary fix until I can afford to replace it. But I'm worried about how to clean a future stone without it breaking as well. Thanks for any advice!
Did you ever find out what happened?
@@pandatortoise559, nope. No idea what happened. I wound up not trying to glue it back together and am just wearing it as is. Hopefully I can get the stone replaced eventually, but for now, I will just keep the broken stone in it. It was just the top of the opal that broke off.
Hello friend, Opal can crack if it’s exposed to rapid temperature/environmental change, and so to prevent cracking some folks dip it in water after the acetone soak. I’m sorry your stone broke, but I hope the glue is holding up well!
@@moodymaleeha, thanks. The opal actually cracked while it was in the acetone. I wound up not gluing it and just wearing it how it is. It's been a couple months already and it's starting to go yellow again even though I stopped wearing it overnight after applying lotion to my hands as I thought that was contributing to the color change. I'm not sure if I will try to soak it in acetone again or not. It worked well the first time to clear up the color, but if it cracks again there will be no stone left in my ring.
thats an impresive one
After being told by a jeweler that my super cloudy/yellow opal engagement ring was a lost cause, I found you on reddit and tried this as a last resort. This totally saved it and brought it back to the original quality. Thank you so much ❤
I’m so glad I could help!
I just got my cloudy ring BACK from the jeweler and now it’s totally crystal clear! Did you soak your whole ring? I’m terrified to soak the entire ring setting … but my wedding is a week from today 😅😅😅
@@jamileigh5669I soaked the entire ring in 100% acetone for 4 days, and it didn't harm the opal itself, the diamonds, the white gold band or the yellow gold prongs. Afterwards I tied the ring to a string and let it dangle from a shelf for about 3 days, until all the color came back into the opal. You won't see immediate results, but as it dries over the couple of days you'll see the clear going away and the color gradually returning :)
@@jamileigh5669 silver and gold aren’t harmed by acetone
Talk about that Play Of Color befor it is Cut and Polished.
Thank you for sharing.
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Gorgeous
Beautiful
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I've got an opal ring and all the stones are okay except one on the end, which has gone a sort of greeny brown and is transparent. Can I out the whole ring in acetone? I don;t want to ruin the other stones or the 9ct gold! I've shown a jewllwer who's told me that stone needs replacing. Don;t know what to do! but the ring is unwearable
Why not just buy FINE OPAL TO BEGIN WITH? THESE are commercial grade at best. As a fine bench jeweler since 1969 and opal buyer cutter seller since 1973 my 2 cents. Ethiopian opals since 2008 have been my love. Buy the Best....
I love them too! Feel free to take a look at Heaven-in-Earth.com to check out some fine ethiopian opals that I cut myself.
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Amazing!! It works with my Ethiopian opal bracelet, thank you!
Glad to help :)
So cool ⚓️🧲👍
That’s incredible ⚓️🧲👍
Do you have polished opals with you?
I do sell polished opals at Heaven-in-Earth.con