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Hopefully I can get a good one sooner rather than later

Yeah, and it's one of those things that you can't tell. Good thing it was cheap, but when it's a $150+ piece, it hits different.

Appreciated, feel free to stick around on the channel

I mostly love when there's good, nice, workable color.

worst case, but it actually looks like there's gonna be little pockets of color sprinkled through it, so might be weird.

I gave it a few more touches, I think there might be a little break in the potch that could give me an opportunity for a small stone - if that's the case, it will probably pop up on the channel in the next few weeks.

I still need a lot of equipment to use it properly

I rather agree, just gotta find that elusive someone

Yeah, not as fun to do, but certainly helped figure out a bit the dremel stuff and can still be sold, not a bad deal.

some lessons are hard. some are easy.

With opals, some are also expensive eh

I'm the best*

Overall satisfied and it allowed me a slower week 😅

Let's make a deal, you send me $50 and I finish it + send it to you.

@@polishedopals8667 $50..... would I get more than one? Or just this stone? :p

I can probably find another cheap one I can send along with this

Crack's gone, the inclusions I still have in the face are both very light, rather discreet, and deep, so they are unfortunately not really ever cleaning up.

Yeah, I'm always scared with crystals that they will just look like a piece of clear glass, unlike they have both great distributiom, fantastic facing and better brightness...

The opal would not be TOON thin, but I think it would be borderline at roughly 2.2mm (guestimate).

Yep, love the color, but unfortunately it's in a bad position. Can't be helped.

Doublet time?

@@ThatOpalGuy There's still the issue of the colorless potch in the middle, and it's not my style anyway, but one could do that yes.

If I hadn't nobody would see the color on this one

Yeah, overall I'm happy with *my work* but the stone giveth and the stone taketh, if it's at least at the break even point (in theory) then I'm not too mad.

@@polishedopals8667this is the best attitude to have, especially if it’s the first time getting material from a particular miner. Good job 👍

To be fair, not the miner's fault, either. I'm still gonna buy from him.

Yep, that's the plan, unless somehow there's more hiding under the skin.

It's not shaped yet, c'mon, you should know that by now 🙄

@@polishedopals8667 not shaped COMPLETELY :P

@@scottpeters5624 I was hoping for brighter, but still, can't complain.

That's kind of what I suggested (I mean, fine, I said symbolic fee) but I don't want to pay for shipping, you know 😅

But they are soooo weak

Unfortunately, the color overall wasn't the issue 😅

It ain't that strong, honestly. Needed a lot of light and even then it was basically a weak boulder.

Damn editor! He should be fired :P

Alas.

Sometimes I do, sometimes, it gets really frustrating

@@ThatOpalGuy But it would be so so small... My poor fingers 😖

I can guarantee you it's from Grawin. But it could be from Turkmenistan for all it matters, it's a dud either way.

I mean, sure, there's color, but the market for a cracked half stone is... nonexistent

Depends on the stone, honestly, some isn't exactly exciting because I can already tell there's nothing 😅 I thought this one had a chance, though.

If the seam where the opal was formed is thin then the colour is cut into from one side only, with thicker pieces you can cut from both sides. I generally cut thinner opal from one side and try to leave as little sand on the back as possible, keeping the sand on the back increases the opals final weight but detracts from the value of the opal.

As Allan says, it's feasible, but it's not the case for this one, unfortunately. It's mostly potch, but the bar is not thick enough to double side.

I'm pleased with both 😂

Eh, about 8 hours of work over 7 days, just have to find the time.

Pretty happy yeah, good investment in theory

I was trying to get ride of those "pores" but yeah, after 9-10 hours, I gave up - for now.

@@polishedopals8667 I'm shocked I saw those... it's really nice, looking like actual pores on skin.... I don't believe a skilled opal cutter like yourself would ever consider one to be perfect, even if others can't see it. I've noticed I point out faults in my gems (not opal) that others don't see... I can't wait to get some good opal, I believe I would just hold it for a while before I had the courage to hurt it 😂

Pretty happy with it, no doubt about it.

It should but it's really resisting it as much as possible... Hopefully by next week 😅

@@polishedopals8667 yes I find that happens a bit. It just looks a little hazey, you take a bit more and then some colours or patterns disappear. It’s like the colour bars inside the stone can resemble superman’s fortress of solitude 🤣 hopefully it works out for you as it’s a nice size stone that could be either a ring or pendant

@@The_Opal_Leprechaun It's really a polishing issue, as when it is wet it looks correct.

⁠@@polishedopals8667oh I wasn’t downplaying your work at all 🙂 I did one recently that looked similar but the colour bars inside were like a lattice, criss-crossed. It can be hard to get all the colour the same brightness.

You just know there's almost always gonna be an issue.