I lost it but found it. Rough opal reunited and gets a makeover
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ย. 2022
- This particular Wyoming Nobby from Lightning Ridge is showing a lot of potential.
The color looks vibrant and the color bar seems to be a decent size - but you never know what is lurking below the white cap.
Join me as we find out what lies beneath 😊
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This opal still turned out beautifully in the end. If I hadn’t seen what it “could’ve been” I would have never know it was supposed to be larger. Kinda a good metaphor for life; you don’t see the struggles, just the finished product.
Lots of love to all who end up reading ❤❤❤
My thoughts exactly
This is what I tell my wife...
Well, that opal sure is worth a lot more now that you found it again! It isn't worth anything when it's lost...
I really think this is a nice little gem. The red and orange flowers in it are stunning. It should have a name like Hibiscus Burst.
What a ripper! I see Floral with a small pinfire pattern in this gem. It is just a beautiful gem, show casing the top colours wanted in an opal. Just love it. Thank you Black Opal Direct for a great video, and as always great seeing the Master Justin at work..... until next week
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Justin, you are histerically funny. I can't wait for each new episode of your channel. It is pure joy watching a man do what he loves.
Thank you Ron
When you started, I thought it looked to be pinfire. A bit of that is still there in the finished gem, but more floral now. Absolutely stunning! I'm dreaming ... Great work, Justin!
I love watching your show!! I've always had a passion for opals. You are a true master about bringing out the beauty of mother earth!! God bless you and your family!!
watching the opal reveal itself is like watching the Hubble telescope when it first revealed the wonderful pictures of far distant galaxies, every opal is like its own little galaxy, every one different, everyone, unique and everyone stunning in its own way,in a way you are helping to create a world with every spin of your wheel!
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Hubble doesn’t produce “ pictures “. It produces computer generated images stitched together using data.
Those images are an interpretation of what they think galaxies might look like. Basically nothing can see that far and you are looking at images made on a computer. Sorry to disappoint.
@@mattbenjamin8891 buzzkill😁
@@mattbenjamin8891 IT "ACCURATELY" PRODUCES IMAGES USING A WIDE ARAY OF DEEPSPACE INSTRUMENTS TO "RECONSTRUCT" THE IMAGES
@@ThatOpalGuy lol, my thoughts exactly 😋
At first I thought it would just be incredible pinfire, but the finished piece has so much floral richness under a pinfire veil. Lovely!
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I'm impressed that you're greeted with a beautiful mug of coffee the second you get to the office!!! The gem is soooo beautiful. Wow
There are some strong purple flashes in this one, and those always have my heart. 💜
jesus, that is one of the most beautiful stones i've ever seen. a true rainbow of colors and they're distributed so evenly.
Size doesn't always win the day. The quality is what shines through in the end. Your experience shines through in the final transformation. Bravo!
Gorgeous gem Justin. The floral pattern is eye popping! 👍🏻
Glad you like it!
What a beauty! Smaller than anticipated but the spectrum of color in this one is unreal. Purple, reds, orange and yellow really pop.
So, so beautiful. Makes my heart ache with wanting…
I'm just in awe that nature takes millions of years to create something of beauty.
As someone who has done a rotten miserable jobs over periods, I'm here to note that every one of your winners and lossers are equally precious.
It's a relief that you still get a marvelous gem, I believe that looks like a floral pattern with a little flagstone pattern.
The nice thing about what you do is that if the business part fails for a day you still get the satisfaction the artist gets when he creates a gem like that. Amazing color really!
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There is this moment when the sand shatters your hopes, but than this beautiful stone emerges from the sand.
Looking at this beautiful stone in the end I guess you can't be sad. Even if it's a lot smaller than what you hoped for and you might even have lost some money on the parcel, seeing the gem that still came out in the end has to be enjoyable.
Hey Justin. I hope you had a wonderful birthday 🎂. Excellent job on the opal in this video. Looks amazing as always. The floral and pinfire design looks spectacular. So much color. Phenomenal stone. You are an artist, better than Picasso. Outstanding!
I loved the intro and I'm glad that you found this knobby. In spite of the sand, you turned it into a gorgeous gem!
So there, sand!!!
Haha yeah go take a hike sand lol
I love the videos where we don't know what's going to happen. Thank you for taking us on the journey
It may not be what you hoped for, but it's still absolutely gorgeous!
Opal reminds me of the Northern lights in Alaska! Opal is without a doubt the most beautiful of all Gemstone! And you sir are an artist!
Wasn't quite as expected but atleast it didn't end up permanently lost or beaten by sand!
Beautiful in the end!
a very "beautiful" pattern . great videos. I dont know all lot about opal but learn alot from you.
Floral pattern with pinfire accents,I think. An absolute beauty whatever the name of the pattern is. 👍✌🖖
The knobby/nobby looked magical, then you lost 2/3 of it. The stone that you ended with is beautiful.
As you say, you never know how a piece of rough will turn out. 😫
Looking at the positive side, you have 1.72 carats more than you did a couple of days ago when it was lost on the floor. Loved watching you get the best out of this gem.🤔😥😊😊😊🌏
Thank you for sharing this with me so the Opal is small but it's beautiful !
I think your positivity helped salvage that awesomely beautiful gem. I see floral and a touch of pin fire. Just gorgeous!
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Perfect. One day I will get some popping color like that :). I finished my polisher and made it like yours and finished my first crystal opal with red,blue and yellow and polished perfect just like yours. Thank you for your videos and guidance in this wonderful world of opal.
Live your positive outlook! Not beaten by sand ( just pushed around a little) but what a gem you’re got!🎉
So true!
I love this gem! It looks much larger than tiny to me. It IS truly beautiful. Thank you, man!
Mostly floral but has hints of pinfire. Happy 50th Justin! Hopefully you get to spend it fishing and with family and friends!!
Such beautiful colors and I know that you had to remove a lot of material but still you won and did it in the end Justin! Sometimes good things comes in smaller packages📦! Lovely opal never the less, take care and greetings to you all at BOD!
Not quite what you expected, but a stunning gem none the less, Happy 50th Justin!
I have a double sided cut and polished green broad-flash Coober Pedy white opal cabochon somewhere in my carpet that I dropped when we moved in a month ago, I keep checking the vacuum to make sure I don't throw it away by accident.😂
Loved the humor ot the hand holding coffee coming from off camera. That looks like primarily floral pattern to me, with a smidge of pin fire, & just a tad of flagstone...
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A very pretty floral pattern. Great job, Justin!
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10:01 if a stone can show a heartbeat. The immediate flare or the red in this stone resembles a heartbeat. Lovely.
It turned out amazing I say mostly floral pattern and I am so glad you at least got a usable stone! Thanks for another great video Justin ❤
It looks like a glorious English garden!
I kept thinking to myself “garden” just not thinking of the right word. I see I was close…floral…well I guess I was on the right track! It is very beautiful. Thanks for sharing and teaching!!!
Ooo... look at the red, the purple, green, blue, yellow...
That had the potential, and by gumm, you coaxed it out!! Splendid, Justin!!
Whoa! The blue to purple and the red to orange floral pattern! What a winning color combo this one is! It's a good thing I can't afford it I'd never stop looking at it! 💙💜❤️🧡
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After watching Justin's fingers for hours, I now get to gaze into his ear...(dont van gogh there)
"Could have been an amazing gem" (and promptly thereafter creates an amazing, albeit smaller gem)
Oh, Justin. You were expecting a cracker and was handed a crumb.
Still, a scintillating stone. Glad you were able to rescue that gem from nature's cold embrace.
The pink, purple, green and red, with flashes of yellow and orange is fairly unique. I am very impressed you got 1.75ct out of that. When I looked at the rough knobby I thought the bar was thin and too close to the top. My hope was 1.5ct and you beat it. Good on you.
As for the pattern, I saw pin fire at the top and center. Then there seemed to be floral around the outside. Nice 3D effect as well.
What a beautiful gem i love watching the final polish it just makes the colour come to life ⚒️
I love how dorky, fun ,loving, interactive, and super engaging.The way you've evolved your channel is Awesome.... Please keep doing your thang!
~ From Oregon, USA
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Justin I absolutely love the colour and that stone I don’t think I’ve seen too many others that had quite a bit of purple in it.
Sometimes the one that got away can cause us pain but it puts things into perspective. What an amazing gem you were able to save in this piece gorgeous!
Hi Justin, I hope you had an excellent birthday day 🥳 . That gem is beautiful and the colors are awesome it would make a gorgeous ring.
I'm glad it turned out you were able to have such a wonderful finished stone. The reds are amazing and you made it the best it could be. Beautiful, just beautiful. I think it might be flagstone but just a guess. Keep the goodness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒ from Palm Springs, California.
I think you may have been hacked. See what was sent after this.
Beautiful opal!! Even though it's much smaller, great job!!👍👍😁
Another immaculate stone cut. You can only work with what you have got! My old mother always used to say, "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!"
(Haha you got to work early after celebrating your 50yr milestone?) That cracks me up...
G'day Justin & crew, it would appear someone is trying to spam you Account.
I don't do give aways and comp's. I just like watching the video content.
Maybe when I'm down your way I'll get a chance to meet everyone?
Keep up the awesome video content Mate
Happy 50th Justin 😀
Another absolute gem, some really great colours and patterns. The red and orange in opals has me looking at the colours differently as i didnt much like jewelry in these 2 colours before, lol. Looks like some block pattern and floral pattern to me
The colors in that opal are just amazing, it has every color of the rainbow in it, to me that looks like Floral pattern with small sections of Harlequinn.
That turned out really nice. Well done. Thank you 👍👍👍👍
Well, it looks to me to be more than one pattern, but the variety of colors is just one pattern of fabulousness! Size doesn't matter (for the audience, I mean) when it's just so elegant, there's so many shades of colors besides the primary ones. Beautiful, perfect shape for a smaller hand like mine...Thanks again for another great video.♥️🤗
What a colorful crystal gem!!!!
Such a beautiful end to a disastrous potential of a gem. That floral pattern is amazing. Well done Justin.
Like a fiery and colourful bouquet of flowers - beautiful! 💐💖
There's definitely pin fire there and I think maybe floral. Possibly some blue broad flash.
Either way Justin, assuming stone, this colour combo (which I think of as the full spectrum) is my absolute favourite.... Like crystalised rainbow! 😍🌈
I like you for you. Thanks for sharing the jokes and the gems.
Beautiful stone. I hope someone gets a lovely ring with this one, so it will entrance them often.
Justin! I would love to see this stone in a plain yellow gold man’s ring setting. The colors are beautiful.
It looks like a floral pattern to me. A very nice stone. Thanks for the video!
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Have been watching your videos only for a while, absolutely love opal. I am guessing flagstone.
It's a sixties opal with flowers in her hair and soon to be either on a finger or dangling around the neck.
Super pretty floral and hope this week sees you having a good one! 🎁
You spring 🐔! or should that be spring 🐓! 😁
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wow... I was expecting a lot more answers! Awesome result Justin ....... You ROCK !
I love to see how happy you are with you're new studio. It's infectious.
I love that intro Justin, your channel always makes me smile. Thank you!
Finally catch a direct one 👍👍👍😊
Gorgeous color in that opal! The pattern like a combination of floral and flagstone to me.
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My fairly uneducated (but getting better, I have an amazing teacher!). My thought is that it's a floral pattern with glorious color! Wow, did this turn into a stunner! Awesome video, Justin.
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You just never know what you’ll find rolling around on the floor! I worked for a jeweler once and he ‘incentivized” my cleaning chores by saying I could keep whatever I found after sweeping up! I always used a broom, never a Hoover/vacuum because of finds like this. Best find was a 1ct pink sapphire he had sworn had disappeared months before. I’m still new and learning about opals here on your channel but my pattern guess would be Floral but it also looks like Pinfire too so I’m not sure which might be correct so I’ll say both! A stunning stone anyone would be proud to have....or “find”. Cheers and happy belated birthday!
Wow what an amazing piece !
I am ALWAYS amazed at how these gems end up. Each and every one of them have their own “personality” so to speak.
I am seeing floral,pinfire pattern in it with maybe just a hint of small flagstone.
That colour is stunning 🤩
My guess to the pattern would be flagstone. it turned out gorgeous! The value of the stone after the polish, is in my opinion 100% more valuable than the instant before the rediscovery of that gem. What a God-send! I love watching these videos on a cool chilly night here in the Southern end of the Sequoia Mountains in California, USA. Thanks for sharing.
Lol epic intro! Glad you found your lost nobby!!
Beautiful floral pattern, good job!!!
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What a beautiful stone! It kind of reminds me of the wildflowers that bloom each year here in the Hill Country of Texas...the Blue Bonnets, Red and Golden Poppies, the multicolored Indian Paintbrush... They blanket the hills and turn the whole area so colorful!
Seems to be mostly floral pattern. Absolutley gorgeous ring stone!
That is a beautiful gem!
Floral & Flagstone for the pattern! Wow, what a beautiful Gem! I wished probably as you do for more Carats, but what a stunner it is...
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A miracle! Rainbows you can keep.
Nice work, Justin! Always a great pleasure watching you bring beauty to life. I simply love Opals, Aye!
It's like fireworks 🎆 all crammed into a beautiful gem... sure is amazing!
Beautiful~ I love these videos where you work a stone from start to finish Justin. Thank you for sharing this journey with us!
Glad you enjoy it!
Now that's a pretty piece!
That is so, so pretty, the red fire in it is great.
Hi there Justin. 😃
Wow! That stone's a stunner. Great recovery too. I haven't seen that specific pattern in decades. I'd have never believed it if I hadn't watched you cut it with my own eyes. Yup, there's no doubt about it. That's definitely the rare and ever elusive "Rolling Floral Flash" aka the RFF. Well it could be. LOL. Can't wait to hear the verdict.
Keep on cutting my friend. Whether you realize it or not, you've helped myself and countless numbers of people worldwide get through the worst of the pandemic. You're good medicine, mate. Mind, BODy and soul. Your Dad would be proud.
Health and happiness,
Dougie B 😉
❤️you got it
What a super stone! The purples and lavender flashes are so pretty. I'm relatively new to your channel, so still learning, but I think it may be floral with some other patterns mixed in? A good attitude to have though, make the best of everything you can, and you just might be pleasantly surprised. Seeing the stones emerge from sand and potch is just fascinating. Happy birthday!
awesome. glad you're here and learning
I saw you there, taking out you frustrations about the sand by just grinding the back with all your might! This is, color-wise, one of my favorites! Great variety, sprinkled all over!
Ain't no crying in opal cutting.. son
simply incredible as always, much love from oklahoma! and happy holiday season Black Opal Direct family!!!!
Last time you talked about that the wheel would wether down, now I see the dent in the wheel. And can't unsee it 🙈
Love the picture of your father looking over you.