I've found that if you wash your hands really well and then turn on a fan on high when you are filming it really helps keep the oil/perspiration off of the face of the opal when having a close look.
You product research is so useful! I'd be curious to see how the microscope does with white opal. My iPhone macro lens does well with most things but not with white opal. I can get OK results with enough time and tinkering with lighting, exposure, and background. However, too much time/effort for mediocre results.
Those needles look like a meteor shower inside the stone. I think this is great. I look forward to seeing the microscopic views of the different opals.
Yeah thats what I call them too but I'll have to double check it. I could try the Raman microscope at work (when I finally fix it). Otherwise if I can extract a bit the XRD would get the ID done.
@@RoysRocks Just the local cost for it. Vat is automatically applied in the UK for everything so you don't get the "oh the price has gone up 20%" when you go to checkout like in the US
That stone with the needles look so cool in that size. Nice addition to the toolbox. Looking forwards to some future awesome pics and videos :-)
The needle inclusions look great but so does the dendritic opal. There will be some cool photos and videos out of this toy.
Who doesn’t love a new cool toy. Thanks for sharing Roy
If only I had more space for more toys.
@@RoysRocks now Roy, there is an entire university lab, just needing to be correctly utilised.
Nice, looking forward to more details in the future 😊
Plenty of micro details to come.
Thanks Roy. I'm sure the review will help many out there.👍
Hopefully. I'll be getting comments from non-opal people on this one for sure like when I do camera stuff.
Very cool! Im now inspired to get a polarizing filter for my camera! ♥
The polarizing filters are super cool. Really helps sometimes.
I've found that if you wash your hands really well and then turn on a fan on high when you are filming it really helps keep the oil/perspiration off of the face of the opal when having a close look.
Not my grease hands. Too much KFC in my blood.
You product research is so useful! I'd be curious to see how the microscope does with white opal. My iPhone macro lens does well with most things but not with white opal. I can get OK results with enough time and tinkering with lighting, exposure, and background. However, too much time/effort for mediocre results.
White opal can be tricky sometimes, it might help to turn off your phones auto white balance setting and tune it yourself?
Those needles look like a meteor shower inside the stone. I think this is great. I look forward to seeing the microscopic views of the different opals.
They are cool. Rarely do I feel good about an inclusion but these ones were interesting.
The miners call those gypsum needles. I've always wondered if it is really Gypsum? Any way to tell for sure?
Yeah thats what I call them too but I'll have to double check it.
I could try the Raman microscope at work (when I finally fix it).
Otherwise if I can extract a bit the XRD would get the ID done.
If only conversion worked like that in the real world. The 7" one is closer to £90 in the UK
VAT adding a bit on? That or the local distributor.
@@RoysRocks Just the local cost for it. Vat is automatically applied in the UK for everything so you don't get the "oh the price has gone up 20%" when you go to checkout like in the US
The needles look like titanium or rutile.
Could be but I think the colour is indicating something else.
Pair of tweezers with silicone on the inside and you won’t leave prints
Tweezers are always super slippery though and I've had stones go flying behind my desk in the past... the rescue mission is tough.
I think they are more design for COINS.!!!............Roy
Mostly for micro soldering which is also what I will use it for.
There are tons of microscopes now just lie this and I see nothing special.
Thanks for the review 2x👍
Doesn't have to be special just has to work and be worth the price tag.
There are tons of shoes out there and none are special but thats not an issue.