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Halloween Opal Cutting
Cutting OpalNov 1, 2022
Happy Hal-opal-ween!

Happy Hal-opal-ween BOD lovers, do we have a (trick or) treat in store for you? Tune in as we uncover an exceptionally spooky nobby opal from Lightning Ridge. You came for the opal cutting but you’...

Carving an Opal
Cutting OpalOct 25, 2022
Carving Opal

Carving opal requires patience, a lot of patience, like, soooooo much patience! But, we love doing it right? Taking a Dremel to an opal feels somewhat more organic and makes us feel a little more i...

T-bone Field Opal Treasure
Cutting OpalOct 11, 2022
Opal Treasures from the old T-bone field

It’s been a very long time since I have had rough opal treasures from the old T-Bone Field in Lightning Ridge. It sits behind the Coocoran Fields and is known for its incredible Witches Hat nobbys....

Gem Crystal Opal
Cutting OpalSep 27, 2022
A gem crystal opal—just like my Dad's

This incredible gem Crystal Opal cut is one for all of those sentimental folks out there like me. After 30+ long years of searching, I have found a crystal opal so similar to the one my dad cut whe...

Grawin Seam Opal
Cutting OpalSep 19, 2022
It's not what it Seams...

This gorgeous-looking Grawin Seam Opal is showing a unique color with potch sitting just on top. My plan is to take the top off ever so slightly to reveal what’s underneath and shape it into a cush...

Wyoming Field Nobby Opal
Cutting OpalSep 6, 2022
Ready, steady, cut!

Hold onto your seats, this ride is a rough one (no pun intended). This gorgeous-looking grey crockery top Wyoming Field nobby looks like it has the potential to turn into an incredible black opal ...

Clean Skin Opal Nobby
Cutting OpalAug 9, 2022
Clean Skin Nobby

It has been quite a while since I last cut a Clean Skin Nobby — I don’t believe I have ever filmed one being cut either. However, this is my second cut in a row of a potential Black Crystal Opal a...

Nobby Opal
Cutting OpalJul 12, 2022
You win some, you lose some!

From time to time you come up against a nobby opal that will challenge you like no others before it. When I purchase each piece of rough opal, I examine it thoroughly and envisage the cutting possi...

Gem Cut of the Decade
Cutting OpalJun 14, 2022
Gem cut of the decade

Thanks for joining us — this is a rough opal cut you will not forget I spent two weeks observing this gem, drawing on it and planning the cut. Will this Grawin rough seam opal help me produce the g...