This piece of dark opal rough came from a recent parcel and was 'unassuming' at first. But a red color bar running through the rough hinted at something worth chasing. Once put on the cutting whee...
This piece of Mintabie rough had me genuinely excited before I even touched the wheel. A thick color bar with layers of squares stacked through it. That can mean one thing... harlequin. Well, I hop...
This week I have a stunning 40 carat Lightning Ridge nobby on the wheel. It's half potch, half color, with gorgeous blue and purple running right through it. That kind of split is exactly what you ...
This 13.25 carat nobby came from one of the most stunning parcels of rough I've had my hands on in a long time. This video will be part of a series where I cut every nice piece of rough from that p...
I just got back from Lightning Ridge and brought something back that had me buzzing. A parcel of fossilised opal that looks like it was once a massive piece of ancient wood, millions of years in th...
The moment I saw this black opal nobby from Lightning Ridge, it caught my eye for one very specific reason. The potch line was almost perfect and the color looked like it could be a near match to o...
From the outside, this blue Lightning Ridge nobby looked unassuming. Nothing about it screamed cut me until I shone the Gemfish through it... What I discovered was a very dark body tone with no po...
Every now and then a piece of rough tells you exactly what it wants to be. This was one of those pieces. A glassy Lightning Ridge crystal opal with a white cap and a hidden layer of orange sitting ...
Freshly back from Lightning Ridge visiting Saxon and our operation, this nobby was the very first piece I pulled from a brand new parcel. From the second it was in my hand, something felt different...