That big flagstone piece was a really good teaching aid because I knew nothing about colour glints from cracks and that showed it so well especially the bit when the fragment popped out x
Hello Mr. Justin. I've been watching you cut these stones for a few months now. I'm glad I have. I had no idea opal was so valuable and the colors are amazing. I will be adding opal to my jewelry selection from now on. Now I know what to look for and questions to ask to get a bonafide quality opal. Thank you so much and keep up the wonderful work. Enjoying every moment of your expertise and wonderfully colorful personality.
I also missed you but looking now. I'm from Belgium and when you go live during the day it's night for us here. Recently bought very nice boulder opal from Australia but it takes a long time to reach in Belgium. I also love black opal and say your beautiful website. I've been looking at i guess almost all your video's. So relaxing to see you work on opals. Love what you do so please keep on cutting these beauty's into amazing gems.
Justin, you do realise that we're not ACTUALLY there don't you, and you are still talking to yourself!! Hahaha! I love watching you cut these stones. What I like most is that even you don't really know what's going to happen when you turn the wheel on. It adds to the suspense and gives a real air of jeopardy! Keep up the good work, mate!
Tuesdays are exciting again!. Nice to have you back in your regular time slot Justin. Mixed bag today, made for exciting watching. Thank you Black Opal Direct, we surely did miss the live videos, its great to have you back on Tuesdays
We are enjoying watching these videos! We are currently in Coober Pedy (on holiday from Vic) and this is the cherry on the top of our mine tour today :-)
The sunflash flagstone opal should be named "Dark Lightning". Looks like colourful lightning inside a black storm cloud! ~ Stoked on the left coast of Canada
Just to let you know, we absolutely use the terms "stoked" and "sketchy" here in America. Terms that are more Aussie would be "fairdinkum" and "chock 'o' block." I have no clue what they mean, but Crocodile Steve forever put them in my vocabulary lol. Australian town names are so colorful, just like opal. I've sat and laughed for hours before reading off your town names.
Just a thought. Video every stone that you sell, and talk through it like you do here. Include the recording when selling the peice. I think it gives each gem a story rather than just another thing from the jewelry store. ( simple stored on a small memory chip) I absolutely enjoy what you do.
Could you cut some good faded fire opal for examples of what it would look like shaped as as good large stone. Really enjoy the dome shaped stones. Great commentary as you polish the stones Could you also take a large potch stone and polish it to show the method of producing a nice shaped domed stone. Won’t be much but your marvelous ability could show a great black potch stone
36:44 @Black Opal Direct try to go deeper on the polishing wheel, it looks kinda like script/chevron patterns IMO..also when you shine the light through it it looks like you may have enough potch between the 2 color bars to slice it!..the dark blue side may end up with little to no potch but its worth a shot! Might end up with a couple nice lil gems you didnt expect!
Justin, would LOVE to hear more about why you don't facet opal, first time I've heard that, but have definitely not seen any Australian opal faceted- only Ethiopian. It would be great to hear about the WHY of those two types of opal and the decisions about faceteing opal material. THANK YOU for what you're doing!
A bit too much and too long commercials, Justin. But anyway: This Channel became one of my fovorites over the last 2 years. Keep on grinding in and thank you for so much hours of me, fascinated watching your craftsmanship ❤️
I forget sometimes its winter down there when its summer up here. I play ps4 with guys from AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 they said its freezing cold down there. Stay warm my friend :)
Justin, amazing stones and as always great info and a job well done. I have a question; What ,in your opinion is the thinnest a stone can be cut and still be a solid and usable for a piece of jewelry ?
ALOHA, Justin, and Melinda! So, I have cut, rubbed, and polished a small parcel of rough recently. When I was at a fellow lapidarian's house, I went ahead, and shined a blacklight on em, just out of curiosity. They flouresce for certain, which I expected. What I did not expect, was that in a dark room, I'd shine the black light on them, and they would flouresce, but I'd turn off the blacklight with the lights still off, and the stones continued to flouresce for between 10-15 seconds. What causes that?
@@blackopaldirect I'm wondering what causes it. Can't find any specifics on Google. Been asking EVERYONE, and can't get an answer. It's like asking how much an opal is worth.
Hi, I have 40 bottles of baby food jars with "rough opals" in them. they were from a friend's and after watching many of your videos I would like to see what is in them. Many have a lot of sand on the outside with a small flash of something. Now I need to buy equipment. I have a pottery wheel and I have seen a diamond polishing disc that can be purchased in different grades. Any thoughts?
I have a beautiful lightning ridge opal doublet set in a bevel ring. It has lots of rich blue and a lot of red. I had a bad fall and now I can see a line down the middle of the opal. I don’t think it was there before but not sure. It’s still very beautiful but if it’s cracked could I be at risk of losing the stone out of the setting?
Oh I hope we can see the clean up of that last stone on the blue side. That blue looked like sapphire!! Wonder if there is a star buried in there somewhere!
@@blackopaldirect yes I have been a sub for about a year and have the bell selected at "all" Im also follow your FB page.... love your work and show man...
I`ll say Nock me out with Opal, Justin Opals😂 Thank You for sharing Boss👍👍👍 Btw, I asked an electrician today if I can use 240 Volts in Norway. And he said it's okay. It is approved with 7% upwards and 10% downwards. We have 220Volt in Norway. So then I can buy a Gemmasta 😁👍👍👍😁
Justin if you come to Vancouver Island ( Shawnigan Lake) I would be stoked to to make you guys all the fish tacos you can eat! We could use everybody prayers because we are in hard after 150 F heat dome... we are not used to that. 800 dead, our hospitals are over full of dieing people... now we are burning up with forest fires.
The clear color mixed with that metallic purple and green I like had one like that one he also almost gave away his secret fish taco place and then he caught himself by thinking if he wasn't thinking sure that spot would get blown up lol
I have a saying you can talk to yourself thats absolutely normal it's when you start answering back there might be a problem lol in your case maybe not since opal is involved but not everyone can use that excuse lol
Thank you! I now have a better understanding. I’ve been cutting opal sense I was 14. I’m now 57 and I just now have the tools to get the value that I think the gems are worth. THANK YOU!
Why can't you cut the cracked stone and make two stones? so sad :( Fantastic crystal and other stones. Thank you for sharing it all with us! Love and blessings to you and yours Justin!
@@blackopaldirect I am a PhD in chemistry from Oxford university, so the element that gives this red colour to the silica is Vanadium and other colours are different elements contributing to the opal.... I can give you a list of the elements that nature combines in an opal, that's why it's so unique.... 👍☺
Missed you, you are my stress relief for everything that is happening now in Jakarta and all over Indonesia. Thanks again!
Isn’t it wonderful how something so pure and wholesome (this channel) can truly make a difference in your day? Good luck to you, Jamie.
"it's all clear" turns flashlight on. WOW! thats friggen CLEAR
Never get tired watching you! That’s for sure!
That big flagstone piece was a really good teaching aid because I knew nothing about colour glints from cracks and that showed it so well especially the bit when the fragment popped out x
Glad that helped :-)
Some awsome stones there Justin . Thank u for sharing it all with us #
Hi Justin, yes “stoked” in USA especially in California!
Love watching you cut opals!
Each piece is a surprise ❤️
Another great video! I love the triangle.
Hello Mr. Justin. I've been watching you cut these stones for a few months now. I'm glad I have. I had no idea opal was so valuable and the colors are amazing. I will be adding opal to my jewelry selection from now on. Now I know what to look for and questions to ask to get a bonafide quality opal. Thank you so much and keep up the wonderful work. Enjoying every moment of your expertise and wonderfully colorful personality.
Just buy from someone trustworthy and been around a long time and they will look after you
that little gem, the first stone... so beautiful!
I loved the little oval blue magnifying stone. Gorgeous. Thank you enjoyed watching this.
Wasn't that one simply amazing?
@@lorenrobertson8039 Yes, if only I had the money to buy it.
I also missed you but looking now. I'm from Belgium and when you go live during the day it's night for us here. Recently bought very nice boulder opal from Australia but it takes a long time to reach in Belgium. I also love black opal and say your beautiful website. I've been looking at i guess almost all your video's. So relaxing to see you work on opals. Love what you do so please keep on cutting these beauty's into amazing gems.
That's it. I'm moving to Australia!
Hello from TnT in Washington state!
Another wonderful day while watching your live Justin all the way here in Phillipines. Love lots to your channel!
we also say stoked in south africa, if you think about it, means "fired up" like stoking a fire
YES 😊😊😊🙏
Those were some lovely opals, love the first one with the colours that seem suspended in the crystal opal. Thanks Justin, see you Thursday
13:46, that stone is GORGEOUS! love it great work!
Also Hello from Nebraska, USA!
gooday from warm canada.Justin you are a true artist,ty for your vids.
Thank you
loved those gems. Some real corkers. Can't wait to see them finished and polished. Thanks, Justin.
The quality of your cuts are so fantastic! You are very intuitive with the opals.
Thank you Alana
Hi David from Australia enjoy your show😀
Thankyou so much, im about to start my first cut soon, and have learned so much from you
That’s amazing thank you so much
Woo hoo another Justin masterpiece. Thank you for these. 🤙🏼🤙🏼
Justin, you do realise that we're not ACTUALLY there don't you, and you are still talking to yourself!! Hahaha!
I love watching you cut these stones. What I like most is that even you don't really know what's going to happen when you turn the wheel on. It adds to the suspense and gives a real air of jeopardy! Keep up the good work, mate!
Lol 😂
Tuesdays are exciting again!. Nice to have you back in your regular time slot Justin. Mixed bag today, made for exciting watching. Thank you Black Opal Direct, we surely did miss the live videos, its great to have you back on Tuesdays
Thank you I am glad you are enjoying again
Wow justin, as a whole, this live episode is a good example of some serious variability found in this stuff!
True that
The barrel cut shape that you just had would fit my ring perfect that's what I need
I am so hooked on your videos! I just love them! You are my new favorite channel!
Yay thank you Sandy
Oh man I just missed the live
Thanks for the adventure of discovery with you. They all lite up. Look forward to the next video.
Stoked to see these cuts, some nice stones today! Little bit of sand but that's how it goes sometimes. Thanks for sharing!
That crystal is gorgeous!
Needed this today. Nice work as always. Lovely opals😊
Great video! Every piece of opal was captivating to watch being birthed!
Beautiful stones and works as always...
We are enjoying watching these videos! We are currently in Coober Pedy (on holiday from Vic) and this is the cherry on the top of our mine tour today :-)
Oh haha wow that’s lovey too hear
The sunflash flagstone opal should be named "Dark Lightning". Looks like colourful lightning inside a black storm cloud! ~ Stoked on the left coast of Canada
thank you for sharing the adventure
wow...love them all..so pretty 🤩
I love watching your art. You always make my day shine😁
I'm so glad!
Just to let you know, we absolutely use the terms "stoked" and "sketchy" here in America. Terms that are more Aussie would be "fairdinkum" and "chock 'o' block." I have no clue what they mean, but Crocodile Steve forever put them in my vocabulary lol. Australian town names are so colorful, just like opal. I've sat and laughed for hours before reading off your town names.
Just a thought. Video every stone that you sell, and talk through it like you do here. Include the recording when selling the peice. I think it gives each gem a story rather than just another thing from the jewelry store. ( simple stored on a small memory chip) I absolutely enjoy what you do.
Very good opal consultant.
I'm korean. South!
Could you cut some good faded fire opal for examples of what it would look like shaped as as good large stone. Really enjoy the dome shaped stones. Great commentary as you polish the stones Could you also take a large potch stone and polish it to show the method of producing a nice shaped domed stone. Won’t be much but your marvelous ability could show a great black potch stone
As always another great show!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Here from Ottawa Canada...
love your work, thankyou
36:44 @Black Opal Direct try to go deeper on the polishing wheel, it looks kinda like script/chevron patterns IMO..also when you shine the light through it it looks like you may have enough potch between the 2 color bars to slice it!..the dark blue side may end up with little to no potch but its worth a shot! Might end up with a couple nice lil gems you didnt expect!
Worst case ya end up with 2 more stones in the jar, and seeing as that ones already headed there it couldn't hurt to try and pull something from it
I noticed that too!
great video Justin. some great stone came out of this one! that crystal is drop jaw gorgeous.
Thank you Nicholas
One for the algorithm, another great video Justin. :)
Greetings from New Zealand
This deserves , a coffoe moment, it’s that good!
Days of our lives 😂❤️💙🧡💛
Hey , just starting in St. Louis, Misty
Thanks I needed my opal fix
Justin, would LOVE to hear more about why you don't facet opal, first time I've heard that, but have definitely not seen any Australian opal faceted- only Ethiopian. It would be great to hear about the WHY of those two types of opal and the decisions about faceteing opal material. THANK YOU for what you're doing!
I loved this kind of stones and a friend of mine went to Africa and brought a large quantity of them and the sizes are large, up to 1450 grams.
hi justin thanks for your hard work,this video for me is like avengers 2023 for marvel fans.😁😁❤️❤️
I really like the last one that you put in the beaten by sand jar. I would purchase it if you would sell it.
Came out better, good job
Very kind man thanks.
A bit too much and too long commercials, Justin.
But anyway: This Channel became one of my fovorites over the last 2 years.
Keep on grinding in and thank you for so much hours of me, fascinated watching your craftsmanship ❤️
You should be super stoked.
Patrick McGovern Boston USA
Super Stoked? In Boston ??? You mean Wicked Stoked ...
@@jamiemorgan4146 wicked super fn stoked. 😂
I forget sometimes its winter down there when its summer up here. I play ps4 with guys from AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 they said its freezing cold down there. Stay warm my friend :)
Hi from Wenatchee,WA
I like it a lot
100+ in central Florida usa.
Mmmm,yummy some nice looking candy you got there! Enjoying watching you do this!
What is cold in Australia? 10C? Makes me giggle when we have to deal with -29C once in a while. Great upload! Cheers mate!
lol yes it 15 😂
That sunflash-flagstone one is a real witchy-poo stone. All mysterious beauty and unpredictable.
that stone could be cut into the shape of south america or africa
I like that stone really mysterious
Looking amazing so far Justin, how much was the parcel mate?
Me too.little baby color bar
Justin, amazing stones and as always great info and a job well done. I have a question; What ,in your opinion is the thinnest a stone can be cut and still be a solid and usable for a piece of jewelry ?
Resolution on playback is only at 720
ALOHA, Justin, and Melinda!
So, I have cut, rubbed, and polished a small parcel of rough recently. When I was at a fellow lapidarian's house, I went ahead, and shined a blacklight on em, just out of curiosity.
They flouresce for certain, which I expected. What I did not expect, was that in a dark room, I'd shine the black light on them, and they would flouresce, but I'd turn off the blacklight with the lights still off, and the stones continued to flouresce for between 10-15 seconds. What causes that?
Some do and some don’t
@@blackopaldirect I'm wondering what causes it. Can't find any specifics on Google. Been asking EVERYONE, and can't get an answer. It's like asking how much an opal is worth.
4.30 am Scotland
You do some great Work Hey?
Up cutting early this morning!
Hi, I have 40 bottles of baby food jars with "rough opals" in them. they were from a friend's and after watching many of your videos I would like to see what is in them. Many have a lot of sand on the outside with a small flash of something. Now I need to buy equipment. I have a pottery wheel and I have seen a diamond polishing disc that can be purchased in different grades. Any thoughts?
Wow Way Cool 😎👍
I have a beautiful lightning ridge opal doublet set in a bevel ring. It has lots of rich blue and a lot of red. I had a bad fall and now I can see a line down the middle of the opal. I don’t think it was there before but not sure. It’s still very beautiful but if it’s cracked could I be at risk of losing the stone out of the setting?
Yes you could. Sorry this happened
Oh I hope we can see the clean up of that last stone on the blue side. That blue looked like sapphire!! Wonder if there is a star buried in there somewhere!
Justin, I always get these notices after the live feed is over. What am I doing wrong
I am sorry yes TH-cam notifications can be fickle and unreliable. But you need to be subbed and click the bell also which I sure you already have done
@@blackopaldirect yes I have been a sub for about a year and have the bell selected at "all"
Im also follow your FB page....
love your work and show man...
When I do not see an alert it is usually because they are days before the live. When I see the alert I try to remember but sometimes forget.
We say “stoked” in America as well. 😁
Tacos? Yes please! I live Arizona so I'm quite spoiled in my choices for tacos.
Oh yes you are in Tucson has the best Mexican restaurants. The little one is my fave
Always enjoy watching the stones come to life! Aaron from Tx.
I`ll say Nock me out with Opal, Justin Opals😂 Thank You for sharing Boss👍👍👍
Btw, I asked an electrician today if I can use 240 Volts in Norway. And he said it's okay. It is approved with 7% upwards and 10% downwards. We have 220Volt in Norway. So then I can buy a Gemmasta 😁👍👍👍😁
Yes you can in Europe but try and get the sellers to ship to you is a different issue altogether
Also missed the live watching at 921 eastern time, starting good Kevin from beaconsfield 😊🌏
Yeah sorry my bad I made a mistake
Justin if you come to Vancouver Island ( Shawnigan Lake) I would be stoked to to make you guys all the fish tacos you can eat!
We could use everybody prayers because we are in hard after 150 F heat dome... we are not used to that. 800 dead, our hospitals are over full of dieing people... now we are burning up with forest fires.
Yes I heard that you have a heatwave. I am sorry to hear
@Randy M I'm in Langford also. Have to admit the 40C heat was like breathing oven. Hurray to black opals, and Black Opals Direct.
The clear color mixed with that metallic purple and green I like had one like that one he also almost gave away his secret fish taco place and then he caught himself by thinking if he wasn't thinking sure that spot would get blown up lol
I have a saying you can talk to yourself thats absolutely normal it's when you start answering back there might be a problem lol in your case maybe not since opal is involved but not everyone can use that excuse lol
Haha true
If you talk to yourself at least you know someone's listening. 😁
91 and humid here today.
Can you explain grading of opals? I have no idea what N7 something??? Means
th-cam.com/video/Z95YPY4tisc/w-d-xo.html
Thank you! I now have a better understanding. I’ve been cutting opal sense I was 14. I’m now 57 and I just now have the tools to get the value that I think the gems are worth. THANK YOU!
If worse comes to worst with that sand ring stone you can always take the back off to get rid of the sand and salvage a crystal stone out of it.
That 🔺 triangle WOW
Why can't you cut the cracked stone and make two stones? so sad :( Fantastic crystal and other stones. Thank you for sharing it all with us! Love and blessings to you and yours Justin!
I guess the red colour in the stone is due to the presence of Vanadium.... and red imparts a beautiful colour to a black opal.....
The red is just the size of the silica spheres
@@blackopaldirect I am a PhD in chemistry from Oxford university, so the element that gives this red colour to the silica is Vanadium and other colours are different elements contributing to the opal.... I can give you a list of the elements that nature combines in an opal, that's why it's so unique.... 👍☺
Roger Teich I deltajunction alaska
Love them opals! Good fishing vids @deermeatfordinner.
goin in like NOW