We put the call out on which nobby opal you wanted to see Justin cut and boy did you all respond beautifully and enthusiastically! To refresh your memory, this was the breakdown from Justin about ...
Incredible pieces of rough Andamooka Crystal Opal of this quality are becoming rarer to find. For that reason, I feel so privileged to have the opportunity to cut this one. With a little patience a...
Having the ability to share my time and knowledge with my son is such a gift. I did the same thing with my father around a similar age that Saxon is now. He taught me everything I know today about ...
The difficult decision every opal cutter must make is about face — the opal face of course! Which side do I decide to cut when both sides show promising colors? These are dilemmas I face constantly...
The sentiment of opals will be carried through from generation to generation. We all have something that holds sentimental value. It may be a piece of jewelry, an item of clothing, or a recipe, in ...
This particular rough opal was sold to me as a piece of Coober Pedy, but it’s actually Andamooka Seam Opal. With two color bars showing, I knew the challenge was to orientate it correctly throughou...
Black Opal or Dark Opal? Your guess is as good as ours. We picked up this Nobby on our last trip out to Lightning Ridge. It came from a field where a patch of black opal was recently found, so our...
Our Lightning Ridge road trip was way overdue, however, we finally were able to jump in the car and head south-west to the best mining town in Australia — in our humble opinion. BOD’s wonderful fr...
Let’s have a chat about Pea Nobby’s and different types of rough opal. Rough Opal There are two types of rough opal — Seam Opal and Nobby Opal. Seam Opal is plate form and Grawin is exclusively ...