The dream OPAL comes true!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ย. 2019
- Welcome to Black Opal Direct!
A few weeks ago, I went live for a cutting video and rubbed out a beautiful piece of rough. Today I cut that piece and get a lot more than I expected.
This weeks video shows me cutting and polishing one of the best opals I've cut!
These Lightning Ridge gem black opals put a smile on my face so I wanted to share this happy surprise with you all.
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I have waited years to have the first comment on a video. :)
Also , Love ya work. excellent content.
Nathan Tranter haha thank you for watching
Nathan Tranter I pinned your comment so now it is first 😊
Just mind blowing my friend. I was so excited for you while watching you. Sincerely Congratulations!!
I’ve been waiting for years to be the 6th reply to a ‘thought to be first comment,’ which in turn via the pin gods, became the first comment.
Mission complete!
Jeez, now what to I do? ;)
Great stone!! Great comment :) great channel!
Have a good day everyone!
Congratulations 💎👍
I'm a custom knife maker. Handforged blades and simple blacksmithing. I know zero about opals or other precious gems, but I thoroughly enjoy watching another craftsman create something stunningly beautiful. This has become one of my favorite "craftsman" channels. Educated explanations, good filming, and unbridled craftsmanship! Awesome!
Thank you Freeman very kind words. I always wanted to give knife making a go
Wouldn't some nice opal inlay really make a real popper of a knife hilt? Wouldn't have to be really thick, or perhaps just a narrow band going round? Just a thought
When youre truly a gem nerd it shows in spades and youre definetely not afraid of showing that excited child within you when you find something great! I think that's what lights up within all of us gemstone obsessed/jewelry making people; a child like energy because "ooh shiny" translates haha
Haha well said. It's so true
This channel is a gem 💎
Hahah yes
i've never felt so suspensed about rocks before
Your knowledge of opals is so... silly wicket smart. I love it. I'm here for it.
....this Gifted & Classy Gentleman, appears to be having the time of his life each day he awakens! All the best for you. Matthew.
🙏🙏 wow kind words thank you
Seeing this level of passion and pride you take in your craft is absolutely amazing
Ive always loved to watch people finding gold, rubies etc..now...i am fascinated with watching you! I have no idea where this interest came from...but, thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks Stacey I can see the value from watching an old balding guy talk about rocks Haha Jokes I appreciate you watching and you are welcome
Broke my heart 💔 when you cut it. Split it into 2 pieces. It was gorgeous. Beautiful stones.
He does that a lot. 🤯😱🤯
So satisfying to watch you coax that darkness and colour out of these ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL little gems thank you what a treat❣️
I have never seen such a beautiful stone! Isn't nature just GRAND! Follow it up with someone like you who has the talent to coax the maximum beauty out for us. I really enjoyed watching that transformation, thank you! Because of your obvious passion for what you are doing you make it look really fun. Thanks again!!
Are we really going to ignore his robot like that was pristine
Oh boy watching you get that happy made me so happy for you, thanks for sharing the moment with us!
William Borgeson yay mission accomplished
A real pleasure to watch. That crimson flash is absolutely out of this world. Keep up the great work 👍
Red is the prettiest color in an opal, in my opinion, so I love the opal in this video. What satisfying work this must be, when a stone like this is revealed. 💕
I totally agree!
I’ve watched this video at least three times now. I watch it every time it comes on my recommended, every time that opal blows me away! So beautiful
Brilliant!! I had the good fortune to live just outside Perth and met a man named Heinz who lived out in the outback. He sold tough stones to polish and make your own jewellery. When we returned a UK I brought some back with me including some opal. You have inspired me to hunt it out and see what I've got. Many thanks. Brilliant video. I have only just found you do will have to catch up!!!
Opals are the most underrated precious gemstones.
Opals are my birth stone! Love them.
I have always loved Opals ,your work is Amazing and I Love watching you work ..... Bravo. 👏👏👏👏👍. I'm always happy when your opals turn out as you hope ... 🙃😏. 👵
I am so excited for you....how awesome they turned out!!
18k$ on one stone. I wouldn't judge you if vogued throughout the rest of the video! Hot damn, what a stone!
Congrats, I was actually doing your dance moves at heart !!! Hahahaha.
Beautiful gemstones, see ya on the next episode.
then there were 2 people looking silly hahah. I bet your moves were more in time than mine lol
Love the stones can the public buy stones from you i want an opal ring
Really fantastic gems, great video!! Excited for you, you deserve it!! Keep them coming!!
If I could, I would rob a bank to get my hands on these beauties! Absolutely outstanding!!!
The dance was just an added bonus!
please don't rob a bank. Leave that to the professionals hahah I'm glad you like my spasms.
@Bella Wolf.
Definitely best left to the professionals,such as our politicians,here in the UK!😅X.
@@blackopaldirect You keep on with your Happy Dances,you have Earned them!!🤗
Alistair Downie the politicians in the US have you beat - best robbers of all time
@@annotten7413
👍🏼Oh I dunno our UK banker robbers go back a few more centuries than you new world guys, we probably beat you over time 😂
The most beautiful opal I've ever seen deffinetly a reason to dance well done mate
Thank you Matthew
You have to look up this opal pinapple, that was found not too long ago.
So happy for you. To just see those colours, an almost bright crimson and lilac in there. Just phenomenally beautiful.
You are totally inspiring and you really do help in how to cut a finish such brilliant Opal love watching and Learnings from a pro thanks and can’t wait to watch more 👍👍👍
Welcome
Love watching you work magic with the opals.
It was great watching when you first rubbed these stones and they looked like they would be special, but WOW!!!! Well done such beautiful gems!🤩👍
Your a lucky man.
My mother loved opale, and the first ring I could afford to buy her was just that.
Just recently got into gems and opals after gift shopping for my big sister and stumbled upon this channel. Love the content and have been finding it incredibly soothing as well as informative as I don't know much if anything about gems or opals of yet.
Look at the red, blue, green, yellow! Holly cow! What rare colors. Wonderful gem and very highly valued. Great gem!
we just gonna let this man break it down without mentioning it 🔥
5:30 Yes, bow down to the legendary lapidary machine, personally I bow down to my rock tumbler sometimes, lol.
Stunning... Simply stunning! Well done!
Thank you for sharing so pretty. You deserve it all your hard work and passion paying off is inspiring
Beautiful gem. The colors are incredible !
Just one word: WOW!!! ... No, wait, it's impossible to stop there ... I must add GORGEOUS, STUNNING, AMAZING, DAZZLING, BRILLIANT!!!! And still there aren't enough superlatives to describe these stones AND your work to bring out the intensity of their beauty! Thank you for sharing your artistry and your passion! :-)
ABSOULTLY RIGHT ON THE MARK...OUTSTANDING OPALS...I HAVE NEVER SEEN REDS ON BLACK LIKE THIS BEFORE...ZOWIE WOWIE!!!!!
Absolutely stunning! Thanks so much for sharing your opal adventure!
WOW! Just wow! Opals are my favorite gem. These two beauties are magnificent. I love those bright, brilliant colors. Stunning!
Congratulations Justin & Team!!! What a TRULY magical pair of THE FINEST GEMSTONES. Don't stop Dancin! @blackopaldirect
I am absolutely charmed by your enthusiasm and appreciation for these stones. I can relate in that I've felt the same way but on a much smaller scale. I've only owned one piece of opal rough that had the possibility of being worth significantly more money than I paid for it. I knew my experience and skill level was not up to the task & I've never regretted selling it as-is to an expert - with the condition that he let me watch what he did to turn it into the gemstone it was meant to be.
Respect matters!
You sir creat magic. Your enthusiasm is so contagious! I did the floss, robot and even the sprinkler with you. Awesome.
Truly amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your passion with me.
This xmas i got my first tumbler and its been 5 days of it being in their and when i turn 15 i can volunteer at this rock museum and this inspires me to keep collecting and lern more about gems and stones and rocks
Dang. That was awesome and soothing to watch. Congrats!! Beautiful stones. Also, you have extremely good robot dance moves.
Morgan McCauley
👍Ditto🍬✌
Ikr!
Congratulations!! It is indeed a pleasure to watch you work your magic!!
Congratulations!! I’m really happy for you.. beautiful stones! ❤️
So I love opals, cut gems and rough, that is a beautiful stone, well done on it
Found your videos recently and now I’m hooked! Amazing work you do that takes knowledge and patience. Thank you for these videos! Hope to catch a live stream eventually! 💜
Absolutely stunning! I got goosebumps watching the black appear. I almost cried! I'm in love with that stone!
WOW, now that’s a productive morning. Well done Justin, those two stones are some of the best I have ever seen
Wow. Wish I had some cash. They're everything I think an opal should be.
Good lord! I get Butterflies when I see you cutting a Opal. But I know that it will be a GREAT stone on the end.
God bless!
Wow! Black opals are awesome, and seem to glow from inside!
Congratulations! They are absolutely gorgeous!
The brightness and colors, made me wonder at once how it look on my dear daughter, at a necklace. Incredible work....reminded me of your fathers stone. M.
Yes these ones are of that calibre and I'm sure they will be loved for eternity to a family
As those stones just kept getting more and more beautiful; I was dancing for you!
JeanAnnette Saulsbury haha thank you 🙏😊❤️
I love how you explain all as you go. Others can learn from mastery! And amazing to see such beauty.
Opal is my favorite stone. This one is magical.
I just found you whilst searching for gems and it is exciting seeing you excited over a gem. As a gemmologist I get ya. Love your craft.
Just one word, WOW!
Oh my Gosh ! I Love You! You lifted my spirits,,found you and never letting you go!
I love opals and I love your work thanks for share the magic of this amazing stone a big hug from Budapest
Thank you Mariana
Have you ever cried cutting open a gem? I swear every time i see a opal i cry as they're that beautiful
Started watching Outback Opal Hunters in Lockdown - these stones are amazing, much nicer and rarer than diamonds!
Just stunning work you've done to bring those stones to life! Well done!
I don't know how else to put this, but you are so cute when you do your happy/celebration dance! Congratulations on two amazingly gorgeous stones. God did awesome work creating them, and you did wonderful work cutting gem stones out of them.
Blushing Karen 😚 thank you 🙏
11:04 you, sir are the real gem in this video
I would luv to hear the follow up on what happens to these stones and if those values that were put on them materialized ! Beautiful colours enjoyed video !
A rich capitalist buys it and never wears it because rich people...
Some days you're the statue but today you were the pigeon. So pleased for you. Wonderful enlightening and entertaining video, regards from Scotland.
You are a master, watching your creations give me goosebumps. Thank you for sharing.
OMG it just makes me realise that I’m probably NEVER going to be able to afford a decent opal 😔
Second hand or vintage is probably a good bet. Different jewels and different styles of jewelry go in and out of style so maybe see if you can find an out of style vintage Opal you could get reset?
Rose that’s a fantastic idea! I make jewellery and will definitely look for a piece, I just hope that it’s a real opal and not costume jewellery!
Decent is still a beautifull stone. Those 2 are just beyond decent, into the unbelievably special zone. :)
These are probably the most valuable but I personally find boulder opal the most beautiful
i just boght une under 300 us dolars and it's gorgeous, it's more than decent, so if you look for them you will find the right one and will fall in love with it ( filter them by price so you won't cry under the table like i did watching the more expensive ones!! XDDDD)
you have a cool job: but, this isn't work when it's something you have passion for. Opals are so cool, thanks for sharing the video.
This is true. and thank you :-)
@@blackopaldirect who wants diamonds, when you can have one of a kind, gorgeous Opal?
Absolutely gorgeous!! Well done sir. You are truly a great artist!
Incredibly beautiful! Amazing work!
Me me me I want one. Just the most beautiful things.
Just beautiful. I love opals. Never thought they were or could be so expensive. I have been seeing a lot of these Ethiopian Welo opals on a shopping channel and I don't care for them as much as the Australian opals. I like the black opals also. Not very knowledgeable about them just know what I like. Enjoy watching you.
i bought an affordable welo one and i don't know what i touched but a corner turned opaque and has not come back to normal as it does wen get wet and dries later on, so it defo convinced me to auto gift me an australian crystal one :)
Oh my word, Justin. Absolutely stunning gems!
Thank you for sharing! Wow what a discovery! Beautiful
Black Opal heaven, i'm a Gemmologist and Opal is my birthstone : )
Gorgeous colour Justin ❤️ you could have done the shopping trolley move as well just to mix it up more lol
adamgc73 thought about it lol
That is a beautiful opal! Congratulations! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful stones! The way you made them come alive truly amazed me!
I was laughing with excitement when you were grinding that beautiful stone! I had no idea I would get so excited over gem cutting! I have no idea what to do with this new found excitement
@@blackopaldirect how did you get started? How how you advise getting started?
@@Tenshuzente I'm not a opal cutter yet but I do cut semi precious stones so I can give you an idea. 1- you need a Diamond Pacific 6 wheel gemstone polisher that will run you no less then $1,400 and that's just a cheap one. Then you will need to make Dobb sticks, dark green dobb stick gem wax not light green but dark green. The dark green holds the gem much better then the light green ever will or has. Then you will need potch to practice on. Potch is opal without color play. And that gets you started. But be ready to spend money if you do get into cutting gems.
That would have made a nice boomerang shaped opal. But I like what you did too.
How beautiful. Nice work Justin, you forgot the washing machine spin cycle dance move...
I’m wondering what it will take for you to do the worm. LOL 😆
KIRALY W yea I agree would have been nice as a boomerang ....shame it had a sand spot
KIRALY W Micheal Jackson would have to walk in. 😆
Black Opal Direct I would expect a moon walk thrown in too then. LOL
Congratulations and incredible job. Beautiful gems. Thanks for sharing.
I cannot explain what has drawn me to watching opals being cut n buffed but iv always been fascinated by stones especially opal since i was a child and they were on postage stamps, love your work.
Thanks Brendan. 🙏
"I promise i wont floss"
So much for that! LOL!
We odiously cannot trust his “ promises” any more.
You have two beautiful stones! Well done keeping yourself together during this!
It's great to see you be happy. Gets me more excited about opals.
So I have an opal that my mother gave me when I was 21, it was already old then, she got it when we were living in the UK at the time. I have no idea what it would be worth now, BTW I'm 58 it's predominately White with lots of colour, blues, pinks, greens. I know you said in another video that they can turn clear when in water,.... I've never worn it in water, ever. My mother was..... lets say, not a mother I would wish on anyone, not even my enemy.... If being beaten your whole childhood is something you think is fun, then I would rather forget. I just don't know if it's worth something or nothing at all, much like my childhood. If you could please let me know how I can tell if I should just let it go,... much like the feelings that I had for my mother, or if it could possibly be something that I can gain something from, either sell, give away or throw away which ever, I would appreciate it. BTW I'm in South Australia, the Capital of all things Opal. Thank you in advance if you see this post.
I would get it appraised by a reputable jeweler. Why not you know?
Every time you cut a stone in half my butt puckers!!!! Do you actually sell the stones?
🤣🤣🤣
True that. I reckon he should of made it look like a boomerang think that woulda look cool an add price due to a unique look
@@hardmcshaft5665 i thought the same
@@hardmcshaft5665 Unfortunately it's pretty hard to sell gems that aren't in standard cuts. There are many more people looking for jewelry than there are collectors who appreciate a unique shape as part of a collection.
Congratulations!!!! Wooooopheeeeee!!!!! My heart was racing right along with you!!!! FANTASTIC!
Absolutely brilliant video, I too felt your excitement and I am thrilled to bits for you finding those amazing stones in there and you deserve every good fortune.
I'm not sure how you ended up in my recommendations but please adopt me opal dad
haha nice well you are adopted my new daughter. only if you subscribe lol
Those are so gorgeous! I love opals so much.
I have a small bottle of Opal (about 25 pieces) my father and I bought 45 years ago when he and I went to a rock show. It was $30, I was 15 years old and seriously into lapidary. I have saved that bottle of Opal all these years. Dad passed 3 years ago and I'm finally starting to feel like getting my groove back. I believe you have just inspired me to rub out a pice of Dads Opal! Thanks so much for the inspiration, and information! I seriously enjoy your videos! Thank you for what you do and how you show/teach us about Opal!
you are welcome :-)
Happy for you brother. Great stone. You deserve it. Knowledge is key.