Unboxing Black Opal | All You Need to Know About Australia's Mystery Gem
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Today's special guest is an Australian opal expert bringing us amazing black opals & a few more surprises! Learn where precious opal is found, how it is cut, and why it is so valuable. Plus color patterns you have to see to believe!
01:14 - How to Price Black Opal
02:19 - Opal Cutting
04:35 - Opal Rarity
05:35 - Huge Patterned Opals
07:03 - Black Crystal Opal
07:40 - Running an opal business
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We still have visions of color dancing in our heads from Michelle's wonderful opals! Which was your favorite? And would you like to see more kinds of opal on this channel? Let us know!
The crystal opal was my fav, so cool!! Thanks to Michelle, it was nice to see her again!! 💜
As a budding opal cutter YES!
More Opal please. Even The opal we can find here in the U.S.
I bought a leather ring years ago. The stones were exquisite and very cheap; volcano quartz, (clear and orange-red). Do you know anything about volcano quartz? 🎃👻🧛♂️🦄💕
"A Closer Look" gets a whole new meaning now that RUclips features the new "pinch/zoom" capability! Absolutely stunning! God, I love this channel!
Opal is probably my favorite gemstone and I wish there was more men's jewelry featuring it.
Wait what, I gottta try this
You might want to check the "Black Opal Direct" channel and the "Pulitzer Opal" channel as well, then.
@@davedarling4316 I love them!
@@davedarling4316 and for those who are into dremeling opal, like myself, roys rocks is a great channel.
and, the opal mills is a good resource as well.
I love opal, such a precious stone
I have a black opal pendant that's been passed down into my family for almost 100 years. It's my favorite piece and I treasure it. Opals are my favorite stone
u think its have healing?
Those opals are amazing! 😍 I can't even imagine how much work, time, stress, and love went into each one from the time they were mined to now, when we can see them in their finished form!
Wow! Stones are one of the few things that give me joy in life! ☺
Too pretty! It is a wonder how much sweat and pain and adventure it takes to find these elusive gems in their hidden places, and then polish them with so much care and then let everyone enjoy their beauty. Love your shows!
Wow! Thank you Michelle, for coming on and sharing that wonderful black opal and all the colors of opal! Opal is unmatched in its beauty and fire, and the pieces she brought are exceptional.
The closer look piece was my favorite, too! And the 2nd one shown was my 2nd favorite 🥰
Wonderful, Lightning Ridge black opals are simply magical. Thank you Michelle for showing us lots of beauties. My favourites are the pure blue and the blue/green ones, even though they are less expensive than ones featuring orange and red, the limited colour palette appeals to me and it reminds me of the sea. Yes I would love to see diferent kinds of opals featured on this channel!
WOW! She sure brought some treasures with her today!
What beautiful stones! Thank you Michelle for sharing them with us.
Really Appreciate The Guests You Invite & Admire The Efforts You Put For These Amazing Unique Experiences
My favorite stone of ALL TIME. LIGHTNING RIDGE OPAL IS #1 but price I get lost. And yes We all have Oops pieces. Thank you & Dan for digging & sharing
Black opals are the most beautiful gems
Stunning gems!! I love cutting opal, I would love to cut a gem of this quality!!👍😁
Absolutely amazing! My dad and I are getting ready to get into opal cabochon making and eventually into faceting other material if everything goes well later down the line. A fun video idea would be tips on choosing rough material and taking that to a finished stage. You guys are so fun to watch and I've learned so much from these videos, keep up the strong work!
watch black opal direct videos. justin shows you how to cut opals. hes a master.
also: faceting opals is monsterous.
@@ThatOpalGuy I appreciate the recommendation! Those guys are awesome! I'm trying to keep up with them and Pulitzer Opal. Those guys are a hoot. With opal we'd stick with making cabochons. Faceting opal isn't my favorite style for the stone.
Thank you Michelle! Incredible gemstones!!
Woah, Beautiful. And Michelle was wonderful. Hope she's back soon!
I love all the lightening ridge crew……….very cool (gal from oz)
I love Australian opal. I’m subscribed to the lovely BlackOpalDirect to get my Aussie opal fix.
Thank you so much Michelle and happy hunting. Good luck!!
Thanks for sharing. It blows my mind still that opal can form from 7,000 to 120 millions years ago. ❤
Immediate click. Each frame is a "graded price per ct", from my eye (when you have a few you can category to quality), and parcels sell as a whole, not single stones chosen out of as a rule wholesale & choose retail . You buy a pour at wholesale, you can pick at retail. Black Opal is why I moved to Nevada to mine.
Wow! Absolutely beautiful. Thank you. 😀
That large red flagstone piece, simply stunning. Can't believe they didn't have a cloth on the table, one accidental drop could cost a lot of money.
Beautiful stones, my absolute favourites, thanks!!
Thank you for a segment on Opals: Michelle has a dream marraige/job! Opals have been my favorite stone since childhood, and Lightening Ridge Opals are the bomb diggity! So much color, so much variety. Someday I will own one for sure!❤
Wow, nice stones, great work Michelle
Thank you for the videos. Opal has such beautiful colours.
Thanks for sharing those amazing Opals.
How challenging is it to cut and polish sapphire and topaz without diamond?
Thank you Michelle & Rebecca, this was so much fun!
I love opals♥ I have some synthetic beads & am working on cutting & polishing 8 black opals atm.
These pieces are amazing, wonderful work :]
I love the color play in the opals. I have a large white opal ring, that has a lot of color, but it's not very noticeable. My favorite opal ring is a smaller black opal with blue and green colors flashing. It's set with a black enamel setting. It's My daughter's favorite too and she's waiting for it. 😊🥰
We love opals. Yes we would love to see more types and any problems with them, like crazing. Thanks for sharing your stones and time with us. 😷⚒ Happy Halloween! 👻🎃🧟♀️☠👹
First to comment on my FAVORITE channel and MY FAVORITE STONE! I LOVE YOU GUYS AND WHAT YOU DO!
Nicely done interview enjoyed this
Thank you for video with magical Black opals :))
another AMAZING video. this channel is like a university program sometimes ahahahah ❤
Awalys waiting for the next suprise....happy gem hunting
Thanks. Very beautiful.
They are awesome
man those are stunning
How can we buy from here. Is she have website? Which you share for us thanks
awesome segment. thanks for providing information to those who are not familiar with australian opals.
viewers, be careful, opalholism is real!
I love opals.they are pretty.
Outstanding work of OpalArt and Thank You for sharing👍👍👍💎
Btw, I have more Opel`s🚙than Opal`s 💎🤩🤣 my favorite gem😋
My favorite stone
Another Cute video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing opals 😍🤩
Opal is the best gem
YES!!! OPALS!!
Love 💕 opals
OMG My lovely Gem😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻
I want them all!!
I love opal ❤️
The potch it's called it can be black or gray.
Hi, I am looking for a buyer for gemstone in Australia, specially in Sydney. I am planning to bring precious Ceylon gem stones to Australia in coming months...
Does Michelle's opal co have a website?
You can shop her opals on our gemstones.com storefront on Jedora! www.jedora.com/shop/gemstones
Could you please do a vid on goodolite
Fyi those cuts that make you sick... best learning opportunities. Mess up an expensive stone and you go over what went wrong a few times...
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Exellent ❤
I want much opals stones in my collection
Opalholic here
Yayyyyyy🌈🦄🐱
I’ll thank Michelle even more if she sends me one of them large opals!!😂
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A light table. . 🔦
Wow. 5 years without finding opal when that's your whole income. Crazy.
Name of her business?
Quilpie boulder matrix opal is prettier.
I'll fight anyone who disagrees
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Hello my cousin Matthew what you doing I need to hook up with you so we can go home and take me home
7:03 that piece is worth like 5 bucks lmao it's nothing but sand ingression. you can spend days and cut 2 or 3 tiny half karat pieces out of it but the amount of work would exceed the price of the gems in the end
Love opals. Don't do dishes with an opal ring on.
It's the only gem that is alive with the water of life.
Australian opal is fine in water. Ethiopian opal takes on water.
@@joeporter4970 Still, EVERY dealer will tell you to keep it clean and never ultrasonically clean one. As I wear a opal in wood pendent for over 20 years every where & under everything my body has been, Digging to hot springing to sub zero outside temps. Not a new crack. The majority of Australian Opal is fine and the volcanic opal can be just as good and even more shock resistant, as in the dropping from 6 foot test, BUT not every stone is the same as opal is individually formed. Some are more bullet proof but all the good dealers will replace the rare stones that break on their own because crazy is all that opal does on its own, impact is on you.
this guest scares me,i dont know why she looks like a mom that will hit you so bad,by the way im 30.
What the fuck lol
You need a microscope to even see them.
#HardiAlamsyah king of Black Opal from Indonesian..