This stone is a bomb. Or is it the bomb? My Opal Journey: Stone 212
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Welcome stone 212. This little beauty is from a parcel of Ethiopian Opal I won. It is the second stone from this parcel that I have cut.
This stone is 21.9 x 12.2 x 10 mm in size and 7.9 carats in weight.
Will this be a bomb or will it bomb? Join me and find out!
Edited and Produced with Power Director 365
Songs: (all courtesy of Soundstripe/via PD 365
Fading Light
Welcome to the Apocalypse
SpaceTime
Vampires Bane
Industry
Tempest
(closing sounds from the Nature Center waterfall in Boise)
I don't know how I missed this video.
That's a beautiful opal.. the colors are so bright and electric...
Missed the live - sorry TOG. Man - so many colours in these stones. GREAT !
I appreciate your viewing. Am fixing a mistake and reuploading. no need to rewatch, unless you WANT too.
"A" is the best and pretty cool you got it free. Bought some of this opal. I don't know if I'm ready to grind it yet.
Thank you, and thanks for watching. Take your time when you do, and start with the worst pieces first so if you make mistakes it wont be as tragic.
Nice colors
Wow, that is one impressive video!!!
The opals are uniquely beautiful (even B). And the music...talent overload. 🎉
B opal looked like it had a blue lake inside.
even though it lacks any real play of color, it is still a pretty cool little piece.
Thanks, I think I get lucky on picking the soundtracks. I am glad you enjoyed it.
@@ThatOpalGuy per 0000⁰
What's the best way to dop Ethiopian opal? It feels strange to me to put them into acetone when dopping with epoxy or super glue.
Well using wax it tough as this opal is more heat sensitive and may crack more easily. As for using superglue, I have had issues of it not wanting to release the stone and chipping it when I pull it off. Not ideal, certainly. I have not tried epoxy nor have I really tried putting them in acetone. A fellow creator, Carlyn's Colorful Creations, put one of hers in acetone to help dissolve the glue and it changed her stone and she was very unhappy with it. Hope that helps. I have done some without any dopping at all, which works but they can be very difficult to hold if small and polishing can be kinda messy when using cerium oxide.
A turned out great! B looked cool, too, even if there wasn't any light play, really. Im still learning polishing opals on my flat lap. But im thinking I may switch to using my dremel in the future.
the lap will definitely be good for the more obvious shapes. but I do love a good freeform
Why is most of the video sped up?
A couple of reasons: if I leave them as is it will be a very long video and as it takes many hours to edit a half hour long video (cutting parts out takes even longer) I find it easier just to speed up the footage some, and when I make this long of a video and the average viewing time is under six minutes, well...it is a bit frustrating.
Lovely
Thanks for watching, I am glad you like the stone. it is pretty good.
Nice opals!
Thanks, Jeff. sorry I missed your live premiere.
@@ThatOpalGuy that fine bud. I didn’t realize you had one tonight too. I caught some of it. That one was awesome. The last one was good but the one before was awesome!
Thanks. I really want to show the art of opal. There is always something different in each one.
@@ThatOpalGuy once I get a cabbing machine I mat be hitting you up for some rough or at least some advice cause I am gonna rub some opals!
yeah, sadly I don't have rough for sale. but it is pretty easy to get.
Nice work!!!
@Mrjoshuasjourneyzzz10420 thanks, Josh!
Nice collection there TOG. I end up getting lost in all the flashes of color. So mesmerizing!
maybe not the biggest, brightest, or best stone out there, but it is MY stone, and I do love gazing into it.
Thanks, John.
Might aswell enjoy the view, before you ruin it!
Classic line 😂😂😂😂
Enjoyable video as always 👍
@scottpeters5624 maybe ruin is a bit harsh. But it will forever be destroyed.
@@ThatOpalGuy it's exactly what I do to most cuts 🤣🤣👍