Happy Festive Season 2024
Wishing you a joyful festive season and a bright start to the new year! We want to take a moment to thank you for your … Read more
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Opal Cutting: Highs and Lows
Opal Cutting: Highs and Lows.Cutting opals is an art form filled with anticipation and surprises. This video showcases the transformation of a rough seam opal … Read more
117-Carat Seam Opal
Unearthing the Beauty of a 117-Carat Seam Opal. Cutting opals is as much an art as it is a science, and this 117-carat seam opal … Read more
Hidden Beauty: Coober Pedy Opal
Cutting opal is always a journey of discovery, and today’s 38-carat Coober Pedy Opal rough did not disappoint. At first glance, this gem looked like … Read more
400 Carat Opal
Starting with a massive 400 carat opal rough, I was on a mission to find out if this enormous piece could reveal something extraordinary. This … Read more
Coober Pedy Shell Opal
Coober Pedy Shell Opal: A Fossil’s Hidden Beauty.I recently had a decision to make with a unique Coober Pedy shell opal fossil. This piece had … Read more
Sandy Seam Opal
In this video, I’m working with a rough piece of sandy seam opal from Lightning Ridge, full of sand and inclusions. It doesn’t look promising, … Read more
Unexpected Twists of Opal Cutting
Expectation vs. Reality — The Unexpected Twists of Opal Cutting.In this video, I take on a 74-carat piece of opal that’s full of potential, but … Read more
Opal Cutting Challenge
In this week’s opal-cutting challenge, I take on a piece of seam opal from an unknown field. Without any clues about how it will cut, … Read more
Black Opal Treasure
In this video, I embark on the quest to uncover a hidden Black Opal Treasure within what appears to be an ordinary 50-carat uncut gem.I … Read more
I See Red Opal
Let’s rewind a bit from the part where I see red opal.My son Saxon came to me with some rough nobby opals and asked if … Read more
