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...
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...
My latest magic trick; watch as I turn this 40-carat rough opal nobby to a couple-carat gem. This week’s video will either make you smile or cry… either way, it ends in an epic gem.It’s been a whil...
After a week of fishing the Great Barrier Reef with mates, it’s time to fish for a gem! Can I cut a gem opal from this color?I’ve been fishing in the gorgeous waters of the Great Barrier Reef for a...
No bigger than a dime; can I cut a gem out of this tiny opal?I thought I’d challenge myself this week by cutting this small nobby that I’ve had sitting in my stash.But first, coffee.Now that we’ve ...
Mother Nature formed this gorgeous gem crystal opal over millions of years; we’re just here to give it the final nudge to perfection.Today, we’ve got a clean skin nobby opal that was found in a sha...
Seeing rare Script Pattern unearthed from a rough opal piece is not what I expected from our last YouTube Live. I’m sure you could tell, from the amount of adrenaline you could hear in my shaky voi...
Today, we’re cutting to win. And we’re doing it in Mum’s sweater.There have been a few let downs on the wheel lately; opals with cancerous potch and a chunk of rough that ended as only a couple of ...
I have a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. I mean, I can’t swallow antiseptic or anything… but I can cut an opal. So, give it to me. But if you don’t, I...