BATTLE! Black Opal vs. White Opal [Head-to-Head]
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- In this video, I cut both light and black Lightning Ridge seam opal to produce colorful opal cabochons. Good in formation on cutting techniques and explanations as to how these methods work.
Table of Contents:
00:12 - Black Opal rough
00:30 - Warning!
01:19 - Black opal from ASO opals
02:22 - Sheila appears
03:35 - Hopper the kitten
04:30 - Cutting Black opal
04:52 - Lightning Ridge light seam opal from Riley Gunn
06:24 - Slicing seam opal
07:24 - Zuck the Robot
08:30 - Cutting light opal
09:27 - Zuck goes wild
09:55 - Using flat lap on bottom of cabochon
10:48 - Final Stones
11:41 - Giveaway winners
12:00 - New Giveaway
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Congrats to the winners. Something you don't know is that I love opals more than diamonds.
same. nothing even comes close! I used to live in Alaska and opal reminds me so much of the aurora borealis. beautiful
Zuck is absolutley wild lol. Did you know that Opalholism is often hereditary? It is passed down from uncle to nephew in multigenerational families. Guess that means the rumors are true, you must be my uncle. Right? - Nephew
My Dad, how I miss him, kept a little vile of several types of opal in some sort of solution, (water or oil?) in the top drawer of his dresser. He showed it to me a few times and told me the types of opals that they were. I was only about six years old but I was mesmerized and smitten with them. Opal is also my birthstone. Every once in a while I would take them out and look at them. When I was a teenager he bought an opal and worked on it to make an odd shaped pendant for me. We had so many things in common. I miss that old dude❣️
Wonderful video as always, gorgeous stones! Fun fact, infants have almost 100 more bones than adults do; a bunch of them merge together over time. I think that's pretty neat
Wow, loved all those pictures at the end, like opals, colourful.
You are great man with great sense of humor, really like to watch your videos - keep it up!
I think it's great how you communicate honestly about your stones. The one black stone definitely had a bit less color than the other one but I'm glad you kept them the same size instead of paring the better one down to make a smaller, more colorful pair. Also, the longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
It's for a lady with a birthmark on one side of her face, if she put the best opal earring on that side everyone's only taking notes of the beautiful opal! You're a genius.
thats Me!
Those earrings are going to be fire! I love your commentary while u work. It's the main reason I watch every video. Keep up the great work!
Absolutely amazing colour, I used to do lapidary in Orange years ago and won an award for their 50th anniversary they still have it going just not as easy to get there these days since covid hit would be great to get back into it
Get to it lol. I never won an award but if I sell something it get some sort of seal of approval. That's ok to me 😊
Don’t change a thing my love. I always get a laugh when I watch your videos 😁😁😁
When my kid gets old enough, i will show her all your videos. She will excell in life!
Love Ridge material and the vast differences. Light and dark such an amazing stone. Largest black opal nobbie I've cut started at just over 200 carats. Such a pleasure to work with a large peice like that.
I bet y’all didn’t know opal is my birth stone and tonight I started getting opalholism, and dude your funny as hell and I could just listen to you talk random shit without video. Keep up the good content man
Gorgeous arrowhead. Here's a fact you may not know: here in Washington State we have s stone not found anywhere else. It's called the Ellensburg Blue Agate. It ranges from almost a cornflower blue to a pale-ish blue, and it's found only in the Ellensburg area.
Did you know that at one time Engraving/Carving was an official Olympic event known as Competitive Art? You could have been a world class Athlete if you had been born a century ago!
That's some vivid red and purple in the big stone 👍
Thanks for the demo Doc
I found a beautiful black opal as I did my yard work. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my whole life. This opal will blind your eye's. It's like neon light's of every color of the rainbow in it but it blinded me almost all day long. I agree if you have one put sunglasses on first before you look at it. God bless you and thank you for your awesome podcasts!
Really look forward to seeing your videos. Learn something each time and get some good laughs.
As an aside, I’m a big fan of 53 frogs. Great rough opal.
Love your opals and your work. I am fan of 53 frogs too and I have about 20 tiny opals started(mostly sanded all by hand with sandpaper) because that's what I do. I make jewelry too. Also love your crazy sense of humor. Lol
You don’t know that I have 8 of the most wonderful grandchildren ever!! You also don’t know that I love your channel!
sheila is my long lost sister, we parted company about two days ago. i miss her. when we walked to school as kids she always wanted to be carried and would never hold my hand while crossing the road.
Hey Colonel it's tegrity, lemme know how to contact u, or give u mailing address. Thanks. U the best.
@@PulitzerOpal u the man Colonel, I emailed u and my email address is very similar to my you tube name. Anxious to hear from ya. Thanks again.
Awesome results especially that last stone, love that broadflash!
Great video, those ear rings turned out awesome. That gem show would be right up my alley. Did you know you can do a livestream from the show and let us all see your vast knowledge of all the gems there?
Beautiful Opals! You don't know where I was born! 😉
i think you [don't know ] that you inspire me as a beginner cutter mate keep it up
I'm loving your videos..........hands down this is my favorite gem channel of all time.
You don't know how much I would love to have this arrowhead.
@@PulitzerOpal Dang ! 😁
Lol Sheila says she's not impressed. Anyhoo something you did not know is that my sons birthday is in October he would be impressed with that beautiful arrowhead. Absolutely Gorgeous.
You certainly couldn't know that my beloved cairn terrier of 18 years passed away 19 days ago. Love the videos, they make me smile and laugh. By the way, of course her name was Opal.
Entertaining as always! BTW competitive art used to be an Olympic event
Your one funny dude love your videos keep em coming
Good job with the earrings... you clearly aren't scared of being brutal sometimes removing material!👍👌🤘
Those are beautiful stone 😊😊
Those are some fancy earrings! Great video as always, Did you know "J" is the only letter that doesn't appear on the periodic table?
That's an interesting fact 😁👍
Lovely arrowhead!
Great stones you have there !
Something you might not know. PETA pressured the town of Fishkill New York to change it's name to something that didn't represent harming fish, not realizing it was settled by the Dutch, not realizing that the word "kil" in Dutch means creek. This prompted their mayor at the time to quip that then maybe they should rename the Catskill mountains to the "Catsave" mountains.
Fantastic work, the final stones looked amazing. You give the weight of the finished product, but you don't grade and price them. Is there a reason? It would be really cool to know.
@@PulitzerOpal I watch your channel for Opal knowledge and the ridiculous dry wit we have all come to know and love. If you can't grade and price them, then maybe you can ask Shela to do it for you 🤣
Absolutely love those earrings! Amazing color! I bet you didn't know that my arm is exactly 12" from the inside of my wrist to the inside of my elbow! Definitely need to know!😋😉
Another wonderful video. You might not know that I am going to attend the Tucson show and look forward to seeing other Opal enthusiasts. Thanks for sharing your videos.
Thank you as always I can't for the work done at Pulitzer Opal God Bless the show .
Here’s something u don’t know. Because of u I’m now an opalholic as well as a recovering alcoholic… Killed it in the video again brother. Hope u and the family are well during this backslide of COVID… can’t wait for the next video
Seems to me that since you have the Opal virus that something you should know but probably don't is where opals really come from. Now I know that many are going to disagree and that science will tell you otherwise, but opals aren't really rock after all. They're angel poop! 😇 💩 I had no idea until recently but yeah, angel poop
something you didn't know is i absolutely love opals ever since i was a kid. i was given a small jar with opal rough back then and enjoyed just looking at the color flash in the pieces.
@@PulitzerOpal living in new orleans twenty one years strong. transplant from sacramento calif.
Again a wonderful video. Wow.
Going from the green of the Amazon rain forest to the colours of the cosmos. Colonel Sir. I salute you.
As advised I watched Too Too boy and you may not know Too Too Boy is Right handed.
Your videos are great instrumental and comic. Thank you.
Great video as usual! The something you may not know I'm an Opaholic! I said it out loud! I need an opal fix soon!!😂😂😂
Another entertaining video. I bet you didn't know that robot "Robosen" is made of Aluminum allow, ABS+PC shell. What is Sheila wearing?
Enjoy Tucson, I would love to be there. Say hello to Justin for me, he will have a great display again this year.
Very cool I live in Canada bet you didn’t know lol thanks for sharing good sir 👍🏻👍🏻
Colonel, you've inspired me as well. A local merchant had some tiny black opal cabs and I bit the bullet and scooped them up! Not sure of the carat weight and I know they aren't the best due to the potch not being the blackest but I sure do treasure my purchase! A fact you may not know about cats....they don't actually meow to each other they only meow to humans! They yowl and hiss at each other but meow to their humans. It also believed their purr has healing attributes. I too have 3 🐈!
@@PulitzerOpal that's awesome!!! My family has three cats, all siblings from the same litter, three incredibly unruly hound dogs and three beautiful horses!! Thank you for sharing your felines with everyone!!
LOL there is plenty you don’t know but all of it isn’t important. Thanks for displaying what grit and type of wheel you are using.
Thanks for the post!
Hey great video once again , and did you know we have been trying reach you about your cars extended warranty !
Great video brother, bet you didn’t know that. Well done. Mark H. Las Vegas, Bali
Nice color! I bet you didn't know you were going to make that Arrowhead into a pendant and send it to me so I can give it to my wife.
What would you recommend for someone looking for a black opal stone for a mens ring as cheaply as possible? I have been watching opal cutting and had a passion for this beautiful gem for a while now. Want a stone to put into a ring for myself for my birthday but can’t really afford the black opal category. Is there something less expensive that’s an option?
I spat my drink when I saw the Warning with TooToo Boy!!
Something you might not know is back in the late 1800s the cowboys in texas and out west often traveled with telephones in their packs, the top wire on the barbed fence was a phone line they could clip into call emergencies into the ranch.
Just beautiful! Entering .... something you don't know would be my middle name, lol.
My dad found a white arrow head in a field right by his house as kid, coolest thing ever.
I would love to see Tucson, hope you show clips
did you know I don't own 1 piece of opal? and did you know i love arrowheads? lol love you video's brother great work!!!!
Loved your video as always ! I bet you didn't know that Shelia is teaching Zuck how to Twerk ! 😁😁 Better watch those two !
Robo Zuck, Sheila, and Colonel Eff@&$)). What a trio !!! Bet ya didn’t know I used to live just a few blocks from Dorothy and Totos house in Kansas!!! Love you videos Colonel Sir!!! -salutes-
I love your witty humor and knowledge. Thanks for the videos. May I email you, I need expertise regarding mex opal or agate...🤷♀️
I love your channel!
Great channel you are very very knowledgeable thanks for this channel im learning a whole lot on here 🎉
I'm thrilled to hear that you're learning a lot and enjoying the channel! Your kind words mean a lot. If you haven't yet, don't forget to subscribe and hit the like button to not only keep learning but also enhance your chances of winning some beautiful opals. Thanks for being here!
Lol.. all caught up...
Btw, that opal website i shared, where would something like that happen? Everything I see from Australia are nowhere that size let alone fist size.
Crazy colors on that big stone. Did you know that Australia's opal exports, contribute roughly $85 million annually to the nation's GDP. :o
That last big stone is gorgeous! Did you know that the surface area of Pluto is smaller than Russia?
Enjoyed your videos and you are funny too!
I am binge watching again today 😂
Hi ! 🤗
Lots of love from germany ❤️ Something, you didn't know : weather here isn't fine today ! 😅
Love your content brother
Love your videos!!👍😂😁 Wombats have square poop!😳😳😂😂
This Aussie is wondering if you're actually holding Sheila hostage 🤣
Cheers!
Did you know that the oldest working Roman lighthouse is in Spain?
That Purple/blue is absolutely Electric on top of that Opal! So much better then the red on White/Crystal Opal, but funny how it’s the exact opposite on black Opal.. the backing color makes all the difference apparently
Watching these has made me want to start cutting opal and other gems in general so thanks for helping figure out a career path. And cats look at humans as essentially big hairless kittens. Bet you dident know.
Oh heck, now I can add opalholism to my list of character quarks. Lol!
Me and my girlfriend watch your videos while we eat dinner lol I cant tell her I already watched this one.
I'm 65 long hair Choctaw an Irish... I could pull off wearing an Arrow head no problem and would wear it all the time... I don't wear jewelry either but your Arrowheads are 100% me !!! Love your skills Boss... I mean Dog !!!
7:12 is just as precious as the stones
Beautiful job on the cuts! Something you don't know... Emu meat does not taste like chicken and it is great in spaghetti sauce. This is what happens to Emus who fail to breed at the farm.
What was your opal auction name? I think we were bidding against each other recently.
Magnifique ! Très beau travail monsieur ! Il faut beaucoup d intuition pour pouvoir tailler une opale et ne pas trop enlever de matière !
@@PulitzerOpal vous travaillez la plus belle des pierres le diamant à côté est bien pâle ! Merci pour votre réponse en français ! Je m abonné à votre chaîne ! Bises de France
You're pretty funny and entertaining my mother would love that Arrowhead
Just love your cuttings! Something you don't know? My chicken is called Opal. Because I was watching your vids when we named her.
Where are You located ? I’am
In Eagle River , Alaska.? ❤️Your site
Those are very nice keep up the good work love watching your channel!
When playing foosball: You have 15 seconds to shoot or pass the ball except the 5 bar in which you only have 10 seconds. Nice arrowhead!
Thanks for allowing me to find an opal site that is just as educational, as it is humorous…Interesting fact, 95% of opals are mined from Australia
@@PulitzerOpal hmmmm….you sure are a subject matter of opal, don’t fit the mold of a Colonial in the military (I could be wrong) so what if I call you Dr. Pulitzer-doesn’t have to be a medical doctor, just one that is elevated in his/ her studies and professes lapidary, gemology, etc
@@PulitzerOpal btw, you were ‘spot on’ 53Frogs runs a legit shop. Hard to find ole’ school honest, customer service oriented businesses anymore. Thx for the reference!!!
Please Zuch, could you recommend an experienced opal cutter in London (UK) even in they are retired or semi- retired 💐THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Did you know if you where to make a sound in excess of 1100db it would create a black hole .
I used to be allergic to shellfish. You didn't know that!! Lol
Did you know orange cats have the best personalities. I got that fact from my orange Norwegian Forest Cat and his vet. 😁
Splendiforous work you do. You might not know it but I'm a nice guy
like all the content, and especially the arrowhead knapping. how can i see if you have any suitable rough for one of these? i like to do things myself although i wouldn't mind an assistant like your Shiela. i already have 4 cats. wait, i have a dog too and a bird.
I'm glad you enjoy the content, Billdlyaegra9394! Arrowhead knapping can be a fascinating craft. If you're looking for suitable rough opal for your projects, you can check out my shop, 53Frogs, on opalauctions.com. There, you'll find various types of opals that might be perfect for your knapping endeavors. And it sounds like you have quite the furry and feathered family to keep you company while you work on your creations! 😄🪶🐱🐶🦜
Love your videos. Did you know origami existed even before paper?
New subscriber, and i'm just hooked.
great stuff
That spark of colour opal is called Jarong in Indonesia
That's cool like the black opal Mexican water opal