This Opal Made Two Miners RICH INSTANTLY! Here's Why
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2021
- In this video, I take a 210 ct parcel of Coober Pedy opal and cut the entire group into cabochons. I discuss techniques to help people learn how to cut opal and give basic information about things that people dealing with opal and other jewelry should no. There is no black opal in this video.A new machine for "mechanized" grinding is introduced.
Table of Contents 00:23 - Opal from blast 00:37 - Information about Riley Gunn, Opal seller 01:31 - Slicing opals in half 02:08 - Slicing King Stone in half 02:32 - Opal Cutting (grinding and polishing) 02:51 - Cutting 1st large opal from King Stone 04:45 - Cutting MAIN opal of King Stone 06:19 - Using OPAL CUTTING MACHINE 08:08 - Polishing king stone 08:13 - FINAL Cabochons 09:33 - Giveaway winners 09:49 - New Giveaway: Opal ARROWHEAD
I'm in my 60's. And just fell in love with opals, and making jewelry it is so rewarding. The smile it puts on someone's face who appreciates it is so rewarding.
The Coober Pedy opal has it's own beauty. Aussie here. I've been under ground at Lightning Ridge chasing the black opal. It's very addictive once you find a little. The devoted opal miners are a unique breed of Australian.
Nice job here cutting these gems.
Coober Pedy is that know to be top of the top of Opals ?
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I like how brave you are - not just the cutting opals etc...but also taking risks by tossing in the use of your dry, sometimes goofy humour - makes me laugh.
It’s called “stupid” humor, Alan. (My wife says that). I’m deeply offended
I love your channel and have watched it for several years. I also watch gold dredging and Pauly pauly,and Dan Hurd. You guys are my life and have been my entertainment for a long time! Lessen my stress, Anxiety, and most of all help me get through the pain of losing both of my son's within less than 3 years and deal with a loneliness no mother should have to endure. I have no children now and am way to old to ever have another!
Stay calm aunt, god bless you
Very educational. I am so interested. I can't believe something so beautiful is right out there just waiting to be found! You are very good at what you do.And very passionate about your job. It makes your videos pleasant to watch .thank you😊
I love watching these videos to calm down! They are as interesting as anything on TV, but theres no politics or hate to think about. Thank you 💗
@@PulitzerOpal Never in my wildest thoughts did I imagine a world wide pandemic and such extremism would fill my retirement years.
You're voice is soothing to me!
Maybe it's your southern draw to a northern Ohio girl's ear...
"He'll put me in time out!" 😅
Thank you for sharing your knowledge also. Stay blessed and humble!
I think I'd cry if I held that much opal in my hands. Truly mesmerizing! Just started the video, can't wait to see what you do with them! 💙
LOL the fake ending, it's 4am and that gave me a good chuckle
What is interesting is that up to that point, it is still kept in water. We never see the drying process.
What he did was fuck up the 'king stone'. Cut right through the best colour bar at an angle.
Real shit think space usage 🥲
@@PulitzerOpal
How Rich did the miners get 🤔👍😁 would be Nice 💪😁
Of all the videos I have watched on cutting opals I must say you truly are the best cutter /polisher I have seen.
No extra rock weight - as so many cutter seem to leave on reducing the quality/ sacrificing clarity and quality for weight.
Well done! Liked and subscribed
I look forward to seeing more videos
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Only new to your craft and boy what a joy to watch a dirty piece of rock being cut and polished into something stunningly beautiful. Respect
I love the fact that you cut stones for Riley. I bought my 1st opal from him on Opal Auctions and both of you have inspired my to start polishing stones and learning to cab isn't as easy as you make it look. Great videos.
Very interesting seeing you work through the decisions on how to cut and finish these precious stones. I found myself a little on edge watching you.
Love watching the results unfold. Your skills are amazing. Thanks for the continuing opal love!
I do stained glass projects which requires a bit of grinding. Watching you shape these opals is mesmerizing.
I’m not artistic and I would never have thought to make an arrowhead shape! Outstanding! Since childhood I’ve loved opals, it’s always been my favorite gem. My second favorite stone for jewelry is hematite. Love your channel.
@@PulitzerOpal I very much enjoyed the video you sent me! I’ve never seen how an arrowhead gets made. I’m sure it’s not as easy as you made it look! Amazing!
Love your Opel and arrows you make out of Opel been watching for a while and can't wait for your next video..
Opal has such an amazing array of colors! You never fully know what you'll end up with! So beautiful!
Love the commentary and your great sense of humor. These vids are relaxing, informative, and just make me feel real good.
Even though they might not be everyone favorite, freeform stones are still very beautiful to look at.
I'm with you on this. Sometimes symmetry of shape is absolutely the best approach but if you're presented with a fabulous stone that has wonderful colour in a less than symmetrical way, surely good judgement must sometimes suggest that letting the stone _speak for itself_ may be the way to go. Just like using excessive embellishment in the setting. Australian opal, and a lot of Ethiopian opal have such wonderful play of colour that distracting from their personality by excessively framing it in too much sparkle, or twirly bits, or adding faceted gems in the setting downplays the opal that is the centrepiece.
I found it hard to watch, those beautiful corners being ground out to make an oval, on the big stone.
That was truly 10 minutes and 14 seconds of pleasure, watching a craftsman at work is just mesmerising, I can never understand why gem cutters don't sign/mark their work like other artists, thank you for showing us your skill
That's a good idea and I'll take that into consideration when I faset the next masterpiece of my career in the future 😁👏hope you don't mind if I do ?
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The opal is by far my favourite gem stone. I brought loads for my family for Christmas gone by. The white crystal opal in this video are the best. The colours are just mesmerising.
Great job of cutting and polishing.
Not been to oz for nearly 20 yrs, an amazing place with sure beautiful natural resources. And with people like yourself making them even better
Fantastic job 👏
As much as I love those polished stones, I think there’s something special about the material in the rough, the natural beauty really intrigued me and I’m even studying geology as a minor in college.
Nice ever watch mudfossil university? Might be interesting for ya
@@fucku3460 fantastic channel alright, mudfossil. Anyone studying geology would appreciate it.
@@PulitzerOpal Look up Nick Zentner on TH-cam. He is a professor of Geology and streams many live classes. The archive is great too. Eocene A-Z coming up this winter.
What an impressive find!
The Royal family of opals are to die for 😍
@@PulitzerOpal I was wondering if you had a dilemma with the king stones two patterns. I know its somewhat subtle but is there some reason other than size why you did not separate those different patterns?
@@PulitzerOpal Its certainly a beautiful stone. I would have loved to see it cut to make the most of both of those very pretty patterns but the stones owner calls it :)
@@PulitzerOpal i would have separated the pinfire section before shaping the stone. Maybe could have gone for a main stone with the better pattern and a matched pair for ear rings cut from the same stone. Could maybe have got close to 25 carat king + 2 x 5 carat ear ring stones if the cut were made before shaping with the set having similar value to a larger king stone alone. Big stones are of course rare but matched sets cut from a single stone are at least equally rare and make incredibly saleable finished pieces.
I'm sure a lot of people think they could do that but you guys on the channels make it look easier. I like your hand carving, like the arrowheads.
Opal was my mom's favourite stone, she would have loved these. Nice work, a lovely collection.
I really do love your channel, I would love to be doing what you're doing in regards to rocks and opals.
Buy a Dremel and just go for it 😊
Hey Pulitzer, I can't remember but have you done a video about the history of opal? Like how people used to shape it long ago, or when we first started seeing it in jewelry?
What wonderful work! Opals are so fascinating to look at - all the colors coming out as you turn the stone. Love your work and your comments .... and your CATS!
I have gold detected for a quite a few years in Vic and Wiluna region WA, but now want to change direction after watching videos like this. Opal beauty is truly amazing! Well done
You always impress with a bit of humor and skill!
That arrowhead would look lovely in my point collection!
Looking forward to the next video!
I found my 1st arrowhead (I have 2) while hunting for sharksteeth here in Florida.
Maybe one of your scrap opal.pieces can be made into a sharkstooth:)
Those are all so beautiful. My husband says I'm like a magpie, distracted by anything shiny and I have to correct him. I am distracted by anything iridescent, just like opals, and second choice, mother of pearl.
You're the best! Such care and skill. Beautiful opals and saving as much of the original as possible. Fantastic video. Have a great week!
Opal is my birthday month stone and I love them. You are so witty. I love to listen to you and appreciate your explaining all about the gems, even the fake ones.
I never knew much about opals until I got married. It's my wife's birth stone and has become my favorite gemstone. Thank you for posting these beautiful stones.
I've always thought the Arkenstone (the heart of the mountain) in The Hobbit is a BIG OPAL!🦄
You must have not read the book, or read it and immediately forgot most of it.
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Well it was 50 years ago...so there's that.😄
Would you please enlighten me Mr. Baggins?
I agree,at least the stone in the movie,definitely a Opal.
@@tombrooks3812 I gobbled up the books as a teenager.
I didn't really watch the movies. Only saw bits and pieces but in the book it's described as giving off its own light. To me that is an Opal. I am partial to Opals as it is my birthstone but still, I think the Arkenstone is an Opal. Thanks for your reply Tom. The other guy seems like a curmudgeon. 😆
Very beautiful work
Beautiful, mastering the foot technique must have taken year's, probably explains the Free form peices 😉. Always wondered why we didn't evolve with a extra appendage, always seem to need a extra hand. What about the idols with 6 or 8 arms? Wouldn't that be convenient! And the Arrowhead is a bute, is opal always suitable for flaking points? Fracture free opal I should say.
Colonel, couldn't sleep last night so I looked you up. You had me laughing out loud. Thank you for the laughter & the beauty. STUNNING work & stone. Wow!
I've done some simple cutting of Opal, had some nice color, for the money. Always like looking at the Opal people are wearing. But, WOW, the fire in this stone, along with the brilliant flashes of blue, yellow and green, make me want to dust off the bench and take on a flat, sand covered piece my dad picked up about 30 years ago but never cut.
I practice with tiny sand filled Opal. I can’t imagine having on that large to work on. I think I would freeze and not be able to grind it. 😂
Still my favorite opal cutting guy!!! Those stones were beautiful. As a Cherokee I would LOVE to win the Arrowhead.
i hope you wint it
Give this guy the Arrowhead
Cherokee??🤦🏿♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love your work,
I find you explain the process very well.
Beauty is timeless and these opals are really beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Oh, the "pun"ishment of cutting opals... it's a grind but, someone's got to do it.
There are so many types of Opals, to me they are mesmerizing, I find myself like hypnotized by these stones ,I can't look away , they draw me in, I love it.
I love watching you work. You make it look so easy. Thanks for the experience.
Amazing to watch the process of rendering the opal from rough to cut and polished fine workmanship with harlots commentary by the cutter will definitely keep watching this channel 😀
Awesome video! What a good example how to determine and shape the stones. Beautiful job!
I just found your channel, and I am really enjoying learning and listening to you. It is so nice, to listen to someone with a sense of humor.
This is the first video out yours that I watched. Wonderful craftsmanship, beautiful results.
Love your humor and seeing all these beautiful Opals! Definitely one of my favorite if not my favorite. I have a few cts of welo rough opal and a 14 ct rough welo. Still to afraid to start on them as I am newbie lol. Glad to have found your channel:)
Seeing Opal being shaped and polished amazes me. Nothing like watching a Pro work magic. Thank you for a lesson.
I just want to say thank you. Your videos have really inspired me, i have my first batch of rough stones and tomorrow i hope to begin shaping my first stones.
So beautiful. The colors are breath taking.
Love the depth in the colors...layers! Beautiful
What a Skillful process by a real artisan with many hours of learning and perfecting choices to minimise mistakes.
It was interesting watching you work the stones over the wheels, every stone that you cut and polished was extraordinary!!
well done!
Hello, My name is Tracy. This was the first time I have ever watched opal stone shaping. I am in awe. You areone of a dying trade aand so good at it. I do npot think I have ever seen stones so beautiful. Thank you so much for the experience it won't be one I soon forget.
that was an awesome video. I been watching for a few years now the opal hunters videos and gold prospecting. It is something in my bucket list to do when I semi-retire in a couple of years....can't wait to meet the real people face to face. Keep the good videos coming :)
You do such beautiful work! Keep up the good work.
I have no Idea on how to mine or cut Opal , but I do like watching you at work , as you make it look so appertising in every way possible .. Thank you for your time ..
Incredible work! Thanks for sharing!!!
You make beauties out of some opal rocks. Absolutely a awesome talent. Great job!
Thankyou for showing us your amazing craftsmanship.
Stunning results with incredible colours
Fascinating. You have so much patients and talent. Awesome!
I ordered my first opals yesterday !! Im not sure where to start but its most likley going to be a sanding wheel . Thanks for the inspiration 😍
I love how you bring out the best in every stone you work with .
I was introduced to opals when my grandmother gave me one on my 16th birthday. I fell in love then because she said it was October's original birthstone.She would never wear on as she was very superstitious about them !
Love the arrowhead. Any arrow would do but the thought of being able to have one in beautiful opal of any variety blows my mind.
Absolutely amazing turnout! Those teardrops..🤌🏻… that arrowhead is what dreams are made of!!
This is my new favorite channel. Great work.
Your skills cutting and polishing opals is amazing. Thanks for giving me the confidence to try opal mining where I am (in Arizona USA).
Very enjoyable and informative video. Opals are amazing stones. Thank you for posting.
Simply stunning. Also the arrow head is a work of art. Well done
Learnt heaps,thanks!
Beautiful pieces! ❤️
Awesome workmanship. You really know your stuff.👍
So glad I found your channel! Fascinating and top tier engagement
Those are some very beautiful opals, I have to say. I was never a fan of opal only until recently coming across these videos. Superb craftsmanship! Subscribed.
Your work and commentary is amazing!
Your work and knowledge are fascinating
Again as always I truly enjoyed watching your fascinating work. Beautiful opals.
Wow, I’ve just started watching opal cutting and that colour is amazing
Tip for getting that perfect dome shape in your stone and avoiding imperfections. Isolate the reflection of the lightbulb in the stone. The imperfections or flat places will be easily seen as it will distort the reflection. Use this tip when sanding and polishing all of your stones.
Watching these videos makes me have a better day! Keep up the amazing craft of opal cutting! And the arrowhead is amazing!
1st time watching , what a beautiful process and gems you get the pleasure of working on , keep killin it
Just plain beautiful work!
Enjoy the videos they're always a good way to pass time thanks
So great to work with such beautiful objects. Courageous also, working on those king stones, one miscalculation and OPS. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the cutting demonstration. Have a couple pieces of opal given to me many years ago I've never tried polishing, will be setting the genie up in the studio and getting together my supplies! Looking forward to seeing what happens! Love the arrowhead as well very nice of you to share :-) look forward to seeing more videos thank you sincerely George Bentley
Thanks for the vids. They have been very helpful and helped me greatly . Keep up the great work
Love yr work! It is literally breath taking too see what you too what you make it into absolute Gems!
I always love seeing you make pretty things. Keep up the good work!
What you do is absolutely amazing, thank you
They are absolutely beautiful love the work you did on them
Amazing work, thanks for the lesson.
Years ago I loved cutting opal. But my biggest love was Fire Agate. I got really good at it. Fun stuff. Just found your channel and I like the content.
I really like the humour you add to your videos. That and you are a very talented cutter. Thank you.
So AMAZING! I love your videos. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful colors and incredible workmanship. Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
its hypnotizing to look at these beautiful pieces of mother earth. youre work is awesome to bring these stones to life.
Each piece is so diverse from the others. I am enjoying watching what emerges from each cut.
Ross Patterson
They were all Absolutely Beautiful 😍, Thank you for Sharing !!!! Great Video, Great Job !!!
Beautiful stone’s couldn’t believe the how bright they are WOW
Over the past month i have been enjoying opal grinding would love to do some myself their outstanding beauty is so compelling ❤