Opal patterns from Australia explained
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- Welcome to Black Opal Direct!
Australian opal is a unique gemstone; no two are ever the same.
So, of course, that makes understanding and valuing opal a pretty darn hard task.
After my video on valuing opal, a lot of you asked for a better look at opal patterns.
An opals pattern has a significant impact on its value; some patterns don't add much to the value whereas others are so rare the price can go through the roof.
In this video, we'll take a look at some of our stock so that you can see how I identify patterns.
We'll chat about some of the most known, like Moss and Flagstone pattern, as well as a couple of show stoppers, like Pin-fire and Striated pattern.
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Justin, you are a hoot! I literally laughed out loud when you said, "Is that a pattern, or are you just happy to see me." Not only do you show your artistry with the stones you cut and polish, but you educate your audience. Thank you for educating me. I thoroughly enjoy it.
Thank you for the kind words I appreciate it Karen
Next, atypical/unusual, rare patterns please. Regards from Scotland.
Yes rare patterns and combos please. Loved the vid.
I am from America .... I love your accent and I love opal. I could listen to you talk about them all day.
I have been looking forward to an episode like this! My heart is full!
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Gorgeous stones I love all the patterns. Lighting ridge opal's are the most beautiful. Opal is my birthstone and I'm saving up to get a nice one this year.!!!
Brilliant explanations of patterns. One of the best explanations I've ever heard. I have been makings opals for 5 years now and by far spot on with amazing detail. Great video Black Opal Direct.
Why am I watching this at 2am when I can't sleep? Besides from getting to know Opals, your voice is too calm and soothing that's why, lol. Thank you for sharing so much knowledge with us. I can feel the excitement in your voice in all the videos and now I am more in love with opals coz of you 😀
Every one was spectacular! I can only dream of owning one myself, but I can enjoy this awesome channel any day. Thanks Justin 😍
Great video. I really like your precise explanations and examples. And of course, you never fail to make me laugh out loud several times. Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely stunning. I would like to see other patterns shown maybe as a short add to the regular videos. These stones have made my evening.
So much knowledge my heads exploding 🤯 Ty for sharing, I’m addicted now for sure.
I don't know what it is about opal, but I love your videos, and love watching dull knobby turn black and be full of red pink fire. I am truly addicted to there beauty. I never new what they were till I found your channel, maybe one day I'll own 1
Sorry, I only use one word fo all the patterns. Beautiful.
Stay safe and healthy😷
Once again, thanks for sharing your expertise.
Wow! They were some beautiful patterned opals Justin. The pinhead pattern was awesome. You are so lucky to work with natures masterpieces,
Hi Justin, I'd love an updated "pattern video." I know you probably feel like you have talked about it to death (and made a few videos) but I love seeing different examples. And, throw in the kitchen sink: feather, harlequin, chaff, script pattern, and whatever that one is that radiates from the middle. Always love your content!
Love waking up to opal videos
I love waking up to coffee :-)
Because of your videos I’ve decided to start cutting opals as a hobby hope you keep up the great work and good luck on your future videos
Hahahaha you I didn't know you were a super hero too hahaha much love! Thank you this is absolutely some things I didn't know!
Wow, I love the one with the veining! What a beauty!
Thank you for the information about the different types of patterns on an opal. I learnt a lot.
Very informative and I loved the screaming in the background, I'm the killer of bugs in my house as well!
Thank you Jason.
Super informative, really been enjoying the variety in the videos lately 👍 and of course the live cutting sessions as well, thank you Justin!
Thanks Stephen
More of the same would be good Justin. Learning all the time
Thank you from 🇬🇧
Love your videos. I've learned so much from your channel. I hunt opal here in Idaho, united states. Keep up the great work.
Justin: you are a fantastic teacher❣
Thank you for the explanation of patterns Justin I had no idea, cheers Sir
Great video!! very informative, clear descriptions and a little of your quirky-ness !!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks bro really appreciate it 👍 and I love your opals collection it drives me crazy🤪🤪🤪🤪 thanks again
Thanks Justin. Great information. So many misconceptions in pattern names.
Thx justin..very helpful for my knowledge of opal.
yes, it's a real pattern AND I'm happy to see you.
Oh my, beautiful patterned opal.
I still think about the wonderful script pattern on that stone you cut with the sand spot in the middle. What an amazing pattern.
Very educational! Thanks for the information! 😁
🤣🤣 I cant tell you how many times I get the same treatment from my wife "HELP!!! There's a spider"
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The flagstone with the white lines separating the colors is amazing.
Sent a friend to see this video :) he's hooked also :) thank you Justin for another great video.
Glad you enjoyed and thank you
Wooooow...... So beautyful opal gemstones 👍👍👍👍
Geez! I was driving myself crazy trying to determine brightness, body tone and value. Now I will also be guessing pattern. . . I'm determined to get one right before I die. I may have to live to be very very old. . .
Very interesting. Thank You!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful opals! 💕
them are all beautiful stone/gems, but my favorite would have to be the MOSS/GRASSy one, that would be the one i would pick i seen the rest of the patterns but that MOSSY one is the one i would buy,. thank you for the leasons in opals
How fascinating. My daughter likes the lighter stones, I love brilliant. Thank you
I saw Opals on the Gem Shopping Network. Those are awesome gems.
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Love the opal pattern content. Keep it up! 👍
You really need to write a book on this. I'd certainly be interested.
This is cool. I had no clue there are so many different patterns!
And many many more
Don't even like Opal, but love you vids and craft. Thank you
Enjoyed that, thanks Justin
Thank you for informational video on beautiful opals. The pinhead pattern almost looks like lab created opals. You have some beautiful specimens. Until next time
Omg! Love the striated pattern. Never seen one.
One of my favorites to date has several starbursts of color which look like their firework namesake.
one green, one red, one orange, and one yellow.
The best part is when the stone is tilted side to side, the little fireworks of color burst one after another till all are visible.
Unfortunately, due to the thin color bar, it cannot be domed, and must remain flat.
Very nice loved the show
Thaks for the video! Wish i had 68k dollars to spend on that 11.43 ct black opal! It's absolutely breathtaking!!!!
I like Pinfire Pattern from Äthiopien Opal. That is amazing.
I didn't even ask for this,just wondering the other day if I should comment and see if you could cover this for us!!
Obviously,I'm not the only one who is curious about these things.😁
Very interesting! Thanks
Just beautiful! I'm guessing what your showing is what is called retirement gem opals set back for retirement when your ready to retire. I'm very sure what you've shown is just a very few you've set back for yourself. It would be amazing to see all the gem opals you have saved for such a time but then I'd kinda worry what type of person would see your gorgeous collection and have bad intentions in witch case I wouldn't blame you for not showing one bit. But still I'd love to see them. Again just beautiful gem's you have. Thanks for the education on patterns.
The flagstone pattern is my favorite (of what you have shown so far.) It's hard to choose because they're all beautiful. The play of color is mesmerizing. Do you have a favorite pattern? I understand the girl's screaming. Our hero to the rescue! When I lived in Arizona I saw some monster sized ones. Stay safe and well.
Hay y'all! Justin,another great,informative video. I had an idea sent from my wife. She asks"Justin,since opal is my birth stone as well,maybe consider an opal give away for October ?"
Have a Blessed day y'all!
We should have a competition to name a pattern. Hope your camping trip was as beautiful as that picture you posted yesterday.
It was! awesome thank you. A comp would be good
This is a great video thanks Justin, have been wondering what the heck your talking about with all the opal patterns 😂
Nice I would have made a similar video but... I don't have the collection of examples to use... yet. Give me a few years.
Some very nice opals in this bunch!
Thumbs up, great video.
They are very very beutiful
how do i start this as a hobby, i am at a later age and wanted something exciting as a hobby. I pretty confident that i can do a good job given my attention to details and the eagerness of learning something i like. And stones have always inspired my intrigue. Seeking your guidance, and the right place for apprenticeship. thanks
Harlequin pattern? You missed my favourite pattern Justin
Still love every video you do, great work keep it up. Will look forward to your next
Yes I will do one one day soon.
I wanted to see some "Chinese writing" pattern. I also wanted to ask if you ever get any pineapple opal? I saw how they use sand blasting with finer and finer grit to "polish" them. I really like your channel. Thanks for the info.
I love pinfire!
please talk about how much the rough weighs before you cut it in your cutting videos. I'm trying to get an idea of how big of opal rough i need to buy
Justin, do you know of a good documentary on how opals were formed? Thanx. I love your channel.
They don’t actually know but there are theories
Thank you! 😍
Can we get another video of you going over different types of opal? Maybe different cuts and what they are made for or different characteristics?
I can do that
Only a ginger can call another ginger ginger. ❤️
I suspect that when in doubt, a good black and white photo or video of the stone would help. In general nature photography B&W really helps to eliminate the color confusion to bring forward the patterns that are present. That is one reason that B&W photography is still in demand. In the hands of an expert it can make for striking compositions. In this case it would just be a tool in the toolbox to help focus on pattern instead of having color add confusion.
This is a very good point
Haha, that Intro, lmo🤣 I take two of the Johnny Knoxville Pattern
4:57.... wow that is an amazing stone👀
Fantastic.
I love your videos!! hope you are doing well
I am! thank you :-) and I hope you are too
Hi Justin and team, great video 👍. Justin what pattern do you see as the most rare or will that depend on colour as well ?
Harlequin
That contraluz with the brown cloud inside that I'm sure everyone has seen by now. 🤪
No urgency but can you do a video on the Haleys Comet Opal one day? Great stuff by the way.
Yes pattern video ❤❤❤
Hey Justin can you please talk about fossilised opal
Interesting video, thankyou. Have you done a video on the grades of opal? Or is that a momentous task?
Momentous
I was curious about the first stone you showed for the flagstone example
I noticed the potch (?like the grey cracks that go through to make it look like marble to an extent) and was curious whether that’s classified as a certain type of opal? I get they are both flagstone, but was a bit confused as to why the first flagstone had such thick cracks through it?
Awesome video!
The cracks are not crack they are segmented lines between the color. It is potch that formed there naturally but does devalue the gem somewhat. Sometimes the lines can enhance the look of an opal but in this case not
Black Opal Direct ah ok! I was thinking it was potch, wasn’t too sure! Thank you :-)
So that doesn’t make it a matrix opal does it? It looks similar to some I’ve seen that I thought were labelled a matrix opal, but maybe it’s just because they have a flagstone type pattern I’m mixing it up with
Sarah jennifer no not at all
the last nobby i rubbed has 3D green Chaff/Pinfire with orange chinese writing that rolls across the stone, any idea what i should call this pattern!?
thank you sooo much
This was interesting. Do you only cut Australian opal or do you ever venture out into Ethiopian Welo opals? Love the honeycomb pattern in those.
I do only Australian
Hey justine, alex here from the philippines, im just wondering when can i have sone of youre flagstone opal. 😊😊Thanks. More power to you.
Those poor ladies! I sympathize.
Fascinating explanations! What's your favorite pattern?
My fav pattern is straw and chaff
@@blackopaldirect When you're up to it, show us that one. :)
This episode highlights why opal is so fascinating. Diamonds are dull in comparison despite the obvious value. 4:10 could this stone be described as a harlequin flagstone? Also the gem at 1:32. That’s a nebula or galaxy pattern! To call it grass or Moss pattern is just selling it short!
Thank you so much Chief of Opal👍. I'm sorry I lost some videos, but promise to catch up😁
- Can you make an Opal emoji, please😇
Haha all good my friend 😊
Omg I've been waiting for this. Hahahaha yus. Lol star wars pattern 😂😁👌
We have one that look like an aerial view of ocean waves. What pattern might that be? It’s a green and blue stone
A question. Is flag stone just a super thin single layer of color. Would that be hard to detect with your light when shining in from the side?
very hard to tell from the side until the colorbar has been faced
Lol, we love you Justin.
To me pin fire and moss seem to be very close in the examples you showed. Where am I going wrong? By the way, you showed some unreal stones. Unreal as in amazing and what I am guessing is not cheap lol
Yes the pinfire red stone was on the border of both so I can see where the confusion could set in. If I held the red stone further away you would see it but under macro it does look slightly different. Thanks for pointing that out.
Love the intro :)
have ever tryed cutting and polish any Opals from British Columbia Canada
Is striated a pinfire cut on the cross grain?