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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Big, bold and a little unassuming — one thing is for certain, we’re going to need to bring out the heavy grit wheel to work on this monster gem. Weighing in at a colossal 950 carats, we’ll need to ...
Upon my first observation of this nobby, I could see some incredibly bright color breaking in and out of the rough. The color bar looks thick, but it does wedge down a bit on the sandy side.I am co...
I am always up for a challange and sometimes those challenges have a way of working out better than you could ever imagine — This was one of those moments! A beautiful Witches Hat nobby rough opal ...
When I came across this piece of rough opal, its organic shape struck a similarity to the map of Australia and who doesn’t want an opal that is shaped like Oz? With the sand wreaking havoc on my i...