Well now you have, more, smaller stones. I hate handling stones that are polished on all sides, after the fact. But I also hate dopping ethiopian because I usually get chips when removing them. That was a beautiful stone. I really love watching Welo absorb water. It completely changes the look of the stone. In many ways, I like it more when it is full of water.
I totally agree! if you look at the stone when it was wet it was so yellow and had tons of sparkle throughout. Once it dried for 24 hours it wasn't nearly as special. I chip them often, either removing from the dop stick or just straight up dropping them on the ground. It really pays dividends to have a rug under your work bench.... I'm going to have to get a piece of scrap rug and through it under.
When it absorbs water does it do this weird clear like border? (I'm really really new to opal) And I always see it when water touches the opal but I've been told I'm not right also I've got some Australian and Ethiopian and I can pull them out my jewellery box and they're clear! Then after an hour or so of wearing them they go back to their milky colour they were originally!!
It depends what you mean by fair price. Cut and ready to be mounted, 20-50 USD per ct. In the rough, much less. It depends on how lucky you get. 1 to 5 USD per ct. If bought in very large quantities, much less.
It might be time to invest in a dedicated polishing wheel, bc that flat spot that developed (prior to nuking the opal) seemed like it was caused by the cerium oxide disk. All-in-one cabbing machines are awesome, but there’s a much higher risk of the c.o. disk getting contaminated with grit or silica bits when it’s in such close proximity to the rest of your workflow.
Welo opal 5k. Noooo you got ripped off hard. Australian opal or brazilian opal for that price yes but im sorry not welo. Does not matter how big welo opal is that piece is a MAX $30 $50 on its absolute best day. Also be carefull buying welo as most is treated. 99.9% of black welo is smoke treated to make it turn black. If you plan on keeping this opal dont let it "dry out" or have in exposed heat it will crack and even shatter. Every few months place it in water for a day to keep it stable. You will also notice when you soak it in water the colours will disapear. The colours will come back when it has been out of the water for atleast 30min . Just a heads up from one opal fanatic to another.
You meant 50,00 USD OPAL perhaps.
Absolutely 😆
Well now you have, more, smaller stones. I hate handling stones that are polished on all sides, after the fact. But I also hate dopping ethiopian because I usually get chips when removing them. That was a beautiful stone. I really love watching Welo absorb water. It completely changes the look of the stone. In many ways, I like it more when it is full of water.
I totally agree! if you look at the stone when it was wet it was so yellow and had tons of sparkle throughout. Once it dried for 24 hours it wasn't nearly as special. I chip them often, either removing from the dop stick or just straight up dropping them on the ground. It really pays dividends to have a rug under your work bench.... I'm going to have to get a piece of scrap rug and through it under.
When it absorbs water does it do this weird clear like border? (I'm really really new to opal) And I always see it when water touches the opal but I've been told I'm not right also I've got some Australian and Ethiopian and I can pull them out my jewellery box and they're clear! Then after an hour or so of wearing them they go back to their milky colour they were originally!!
That is most definitely not a $5000 stone nor had it the potential to be one 😂
I dont know, there are some out there who could be conned into paying that. See: Cruise Ship passenger.
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Bummer, but lol 5k.. no.
I want that so badly! Would of had the rough aswell! How do i get my hands on something like this? And whats a fair price?
It depends what you mean by fair price. Cut and ready to be mounted, 20-50 USD per ct. In the rough, much less. It depends on how lucky you get. 1 to 5 USD per ct. If bought in very large quantities, much less.
@camansega You answered my question straight off thank you 😁🙏🏻
Was speaking about rough I'd prefer but either one I'm not picky! 😻
It might be time to invest in a dedicated polishing wheel, bc that flat spot that developed (prior to nuking the opal) seemed like it was caused by the cerium oxide disk. All-in-one cabbing machines are awesome, but there’s a much higher risk of the c.o. disk getting contaminated with grit or silica bits when it’s in such close proximity to the rest of your workflow.
Where did you get that price? Ethiopian opal. Maybe if it were Autealian opal but it is from Ethiopia and costs $1 per gram 😂😂😂😂😂
jesus, put it on a dop
Welo opal 5k. Noooo you got ripped off hard. Australian opal or brazilian opal for that price yes but im sorry not welo. Does not matter how big welo opal is that piece is a MAX $30 $50 on its absolute best day. Also be carefull buying welo as most is treated. 99.9% of black welo is smoke treated to make it turn black. If you plan on keeping this opal dont let it "dry out" or have in exposed heat it will crack and even shatter. Every few months place it in water for a day to keep it stable. You will also notice when you soak it in water the colours will disapear. The colours will come back when it has been out of the water for atleast 30min . Just a heads up from one opal fanatic to another.
In der Farbe und mit dem Muster , sind Opale nicht so teuer , so kleine schonmal gar nicht . 😢
Was this one jewelry grade one or specimen?
Jewellery Grade