There’s no day quite as lovely as one that ends in a $20K gem black opal sitting on my workshop bench. Watch as a gorgeous gem emerges from a sand-filled piece of rough right in front of our eyes.I...
What’s better than one opal nobby? A gem opal cluster! I was so excited to get my hands on this gem opal cluster; a beautiful mess of nobby opal from Lightning Ridge that has been taken hostage by ...
Join me this week for a cutting session ASMR that shows you the relaxing side of opal cutting. What is ASMR? Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response relates to sounds and noise that can cause tingles ...
How do you choose between three color bars? That’s as hard as picking a favorite Harry Potter movie! This week, I’ve got a stunning nobby from the Allawah Opal Fields in Lightning Ridge. This piece...
This $5,000 rough from opal hunting in the Lightning Ridge mines was a gamble; does it pay off?In my last video, we took a Lightning Ridge opal hunting tour to see The Secret Life of Buying Rough O...
What’s better than a crystal opal with stunning pinfire pattern? A glowing crystal opal pair!One of the best, but sometimes heartbreaking, things about opal is that there will never be another exac...
When I first laid eyes on this 25-carat uncut opal from the Grawin Opal Field in Lightning Ridge, I knew it had potential. But I also saw serious risk; fractures, black spots, and a second hidden c...
If you’ve been following my journey in opal cutting, you know I’ve done a lot like cutting gems worth more than my car, explored mine shafts in Lightning Ridge, and even moved my family to the outb...
I unearthed a $5000 black opal from the rough and it felt as good as coming home to a big seafood dinner! We’re going a bit coo-coo in the workshop today; from head-banging to Harry Potter spells a...