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
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
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
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: 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
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
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
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
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
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
There isn’t a week that goes by without a memorable cutting session, but this one was particularly special as it’s a father-son opal cutting session. … Read more
When my two opal miner friends said they had “the best nobby opal we have ever mined,” my curiosity was immediately piqued. They were unsure … Read more