Your ability to connect with people is a truly beautiful skill! And this series is a great reminder that once we can safely be around each other again, we’re going to bring back all the things that have been canceled for a year, because the experiences we have in person with other human beings are super meaningful!
Definitely very meaningful and extremely important I feel so bad for some folks especially where I live in Taos NewMexico who are now literally afraid of people :( Thanks so much for wat and for your kindness I really appreciate it
That’s awesome the dude in the video was totally cool I had to cut a lot of the video out because Of his old school slang for Australian natives and stuff LOL he’s a sweetheart I wish him the best he was so kind to let me film
I absolutely love these videos even more so still in lockdown, gives me my rock fix. Keep it up man, got some amazing material of people you have shown in your videos too :D
Thank you so much! A saw! A saw! My kingdom for a 10 in or bigger saw. But alas my kingdom is small and rock too big for my saw. So for now I will have saw envy even for a broken down 12 in saw for lack of freight.
If your in America I suggest you check out the miners coop during the Tucson gem show they have saws real cheap I bought a 12” lortone for $300 a few years ago
Hiya my friend, once again....awesome video dude! I watched it and watched it again. Beautiful opals, hey I think I had told you about the dinno bone I found, I still haven't been able to cut it. Lol I look at it every once in awhile, but I just can't do it. I have been thinking about cutting the meteorite, I'm gunna get brave enough one day and just do it. Lol I hope you have a awesome blessed day. Cya!
Thanks so much for watching my friend:) your be best If you cut the meteorite make sure to do a bit of research on which blade to use I believe Maybe use a blade for native coppers and meteorites are called CBN or CNB either way make sure to look it up because there’s a special blade that is intended for cutting those materials because a regular diamond blade supposedly is not to talk to use
@@lapidarydave thanks for the information, I'm glad I didn't try it yet, because I really was thinking about cutting it. I didn't know it takes a certain type of blade. You see that's all kinds of Knowledge I learned from you. Thanks for all the things you do.
Cliff hanger. What kind of opal did you get? I love all but have a special place for mintabie. Not much coming out of the ground after they kicked everyone out. There's still current mining leases but who knows for how long they will be renewed. And it's like 300km to the nearest town or gas station so it even more expensive to mine there now. There is also a hydrophane deposit that doesn't get mined much anymore called tintenbar. Last I heard most of the deposit is covered by a new road.
Holy hot dogs are some great information and what a shame that they covered it up with the road truth be told my friend I didn’t buy any opal I am so super poor LOL I bought a couple display cases and the gentleman but no opal
Thanks for the peak into Quartzite (for those of us who have never been there!). I have some dino bone slabs but I've been afraid to cab them until my skills improve a bit! Do you think it will be worth it to travel from Detroit to Tucson in April? With such a parred down show I'm not sure it's worth the drive.
So this year’s Tucson is going to be a lot smaller than it usually is my particular venue is only going to have 50 vendors however it’s the 50 of the largest wholesale vendors in our venue that alone is worth traveling to Tucson from Detroit but the largest venues in Tucson are planning on having sadly smaller shows but just like you know my venue they plan on having their largest biggest and best vendors so long story short yes I do believe it will be worth it my friend it’s going to be a month-long so if you’d like you can wait a few days after the show starts and I will post videos from the first day it happened so folks can see if it’s worth going to :) don’t be afraid to cut your Dino burn unless it’s a particularly precious piece Dinosaur bone is one of those materials that are not particularly rare but there are some pieces that are worth a lot of money and are sold by the carrot
This show is quartzite arizona It’s called the pow wow gym show he usually takes place the weekend before most of the Tucson gem show venues start in January
So this particular opal is in water to show off the color that might not be able to be seen with the naked eye when it is dry the gentleman in this video is selling very high-quality Opal and most people will not be able to see the color if they are not used to this quality of Opal And a lot of people do not carry spray bottles it also helps to protect the opal inside of the jar Sometimes people keep lower quality opals inside of water to hide the cracks inside of Opal they call this “crazing” However this gentleman is not using the water in this way it is only to show the color to people who do not carry their own water bottles which is most people
@@lapidarydave I imagine in large quantities. I use it to stabalize stone sometimes too. I use a decompression tank... it gets rid of all the bubbles and sucks it into the cracks and pores
@@PugZDesigns I gotta get a tank I have pounds and pounds of years worth of Turquoise chips I collected from working my material that I am eager to turn into bronze and Turquoise block
That’s a decent request my friend every single cutter I know who is a professional cuts American material if you mean If you mean cutters that sell American material and only American material they are very few that right now If you mean people that facet American gemstones and only American I don’t know any because every cut right now cut American and foreign material so you have to let me know my friend are you looking for cabochons or facets and also what type of American material are you looking for
@@lapidarydave I'm looking for someone to cut material I buy. Thanks for responding Dave! I Was in jewelry design years ago. Now I'd like to buy BC Picture stone - from Dan Hurd - for example and get cabs and or drops made to go with the Herkimer diamonds I've been able to buy. Most of my new designs use gemstones and small crystals. I don't wrap them. I can make decent settings for them. I used to subscribe to lapidary journal. People used to advertise there. Not sure where to find cutters now.
@@jogalbreath5216 You know it’s getting harder and harder to find cutters to commission in America at least that are reasonably affordable everybody I know cost about $35 an hour more here in America to cut material you might have a better time overseas that comes with a lot of political problems I’m sure for a lot of people but unless you’re willing to pay a good price it will be very hard to find somebody here in America to cut
Hello my friend can you give me some contact information I would be interested in sending some rock documentation and hope it will be posted by you there in the future I am in Indonesia
Your ability to connect with people is a truly beautiful skill! And this series is a great reminder that once we can safely be around each other again, we’re going to bring back all the things that have been canceled for a year, because the experiences we have in person with other human beings are super meaningful!
Definitely very meaningful and extremely important I feel so bad for some folks especially where I live in Taos NewMexico who are now literally afraid of people :(
Thanks so much for wat and for your kindness I really appreciate it
Love your conversations with the vendors 🤩☺️
I love the dino bone & petrified wood samples... So natural & beautiful 😊😊😊
Me too it’s some of my favorite material
Great to see Ron is still selling! I’ve bought a lot from Dells Opals before he moved to Texas.
That’s awesome the dude in the video was totally cool I had to cut a lot of the video out because Of his old school slang for Australian natives and stuff LOL he’s a sweetheart I wish him the best he was so kind to let me film
I absolutely love these videos even more so still in lockdown, gives me my rock fix. Keep it up man, got some amazing material of people you have shown in your videos too :D
That is awesome my friend I’m happy to hear that my videos are helping people get their rock fix in this wild and crazy time :)
Thank you so much!
A saw! A saw! My kingdom for a 10 in or bigger saw. But alas my kingdom is small and rock too big for my saw. So for now I will have saw envy even for a broken down 12 in saw for lack of freight.
If your in America I suggest you check out the miners coop during the Tucson gem show they have saws real cheap I bought a 12” lortone for $300 a few years ago
Nice. I live Woodland Ca. Been to Quartzite, sadly not lately. I’m looking forward to going Tucson. Stay safe.
Oh my lanta........ I dig that’s blue grey Dino bone...
Hiya my friend, once again....awesome video dude! I watched it and watched it again. Beautiful opals, hey I think I had told you about the dinno bone I found, I still haven't been able to cut it. Lol
I look at it every once in awhile, but I just can't do it. I have been thinking about cutting the meteorite, I'm gunna get brave enough one day and just do it. Lol
I hope you have a awesome blessed day.
Cya!
Thanks so much for watching my friend:) your be best
If you cut the meteorite make sure to do a bit of research on which blade to use I believe Maybe use a blade for native coppers and meteorites are called CBN or CNB either way make sure to look it up because there’s a special blade that is intended for cutting those materials because a regular diamond blade supposedly is not to talk to use
@@lapidarydave thanks for the information, I'm glad I didn't try it yet, because I really was thinking about cutting it.
I didn't know it takes a certain type of blade. You see that's all kinds of Knowledge I learned from you. Thanks for all the things you do.
thanks for the video Dave. Helped me make it through another day.
Thank you for watching my friend :)
Cliff hanger.
What kind of opal did you get?
I love all but have a special place for mintabie.
Not much coming out of the ground after they kicked everyone out.
There's still current mining leases but who knows for how long they will be renewed. And it's like 300km to the nearest town or gas station so it even more expensive to mine there now.
There is also a hydrophane deposit that doesn't get mined much anymore called tintenbar.
Last I heard most of the deposit is covered by a new road.
Holy hot dogs are some great information and what a shame that they covered it up with the road truth be told my friend I didn’t buy any opal
I am so super poor LOL I bought a couple display cases and the gentleman but no opal
Time to rewatch!!
Yeeeehaaaaaawwwww
@@lapidarydave always love seeing how shows price things, I have no access here :,(
That was some awesome dino bone!
We don't see a lot of it at shows here in the south east.
It’s awesome stuff :)
super high markup on that fauxpal. Did not see any good prices on dinobone at this years Pow Wow. Guess I shoulda been there last year.
Thank you 😊
Oh yes you have Opal! 😄😄😄
This dudes got all the opal
Thanks for the peak into Quartzite (for those of us who have never been there!). I have some dino bone slabs but I've been afraid to cab them until my skills improve a bit!
Do you think it will be worth it to travel from Detroit to Tucson in April? With such a parred down show I'm not sure it's worth the drive.
So this year’s Tucson is going to be a lot smaller than it usually is my particular venue is only going to have 50 vendors however it’s the 50 of the largest wholesale vendors in our venue that alone is worth traveling to Tucson from Detroit but the largest venues in Tucson are planning on having sadly smaller shows but just like you know my venue they plan on having their largest biggest and best vendors so long story short yes I do believe it will be worth it my friend it’s going to be a month-long so if you’d like you can wait a few days after the show starts and I will post videos from the first day it happened so folks can see if it’s worth going to :) don’t be afraid to cut your Dino burn unless it’s a particularly precious piece
Dinosaur bone is one of those materials that are not particularly rare but there are some pieces that are worth a lot of money and are sold by the carrot
Thanks for sharing this
My pleasure:) thanks for watching
I thought they pushed the Gem show back to April in AZ🤯 Where is this going on at ????🤩
This show is quartzite arizona It’s called the pow wow gym show he usually takes place the weekend before most of the Tucson gem show venues start in January
Love it
👍👍👍
Nice stuff
3:55 Are you kidding on that price $160 SOLD Would be my response
Bcay.com Opals Galore
Dave- why is the opal in Warter?
So this particular opal is in water to show off the color that might not be able to be seen with the naked eye when it is dry the gentleman in this video is selling very high-quality Opal and most people will not be able to see the color if they are not used to this quality of Opal And a lot of people do not carry spray bottles it also helps to protect the opal inside of the jar
Sometimes people keep lower quality opals inside of water to hide the cracks inside of Opal they call this “crazing” However this gentleman is not using the water in this way it is only to show the color to people who do not carry their own water bottles which is most people
@@lapidarydave thank you Dave!!
Some one answer that call 🤭
Lol
@@lapidarydave lol it was getting kinda hard to pay attention
informed guys.
HxTal is great
Thanks for letting me know I definitely have to give it a shot now supposedly it’s museum grade but very expensive
@@lapidarydave I imagine in large quantities. I use it to stabalize stone sometimes too. I use a decompression tank... it gets rid of all the bubbles and sucks it into the cracks and pores
@@PugZDesigns I gotta get a tank I have pounds and pounds of years worth of Turquoise chips I collected from working my material that I am eager to turn into bronze and Turquoise block
Please list cutters you know who can cut US mined material.
That’s a decent request my friend every single cutter I know who is a professional cuts American material if you mean
If you mean cutters that sell American material and only American material they are very few that right now
If you mean people that facet American gemstones and only American I don’t know any because every cut right now cut American and foreign material so you have to let me know my friend are you looking for cabochons or facets and also what type of American material are you looking for
@@lapidarydave I'm looking for someone to cut material I buy. Thanks for responding Dave! I Was in jewelry design years ago. Now I'd like to buy BC Picture stone - from Dan Hurd - for example and get cabs and or drops made to go with the Herkimer diamonds I've been able to buy. Most of my new designs use gemstones and small crystals. I don't wrap them. I can make decent settings for them. I used to subscribe to lapidary journal. People used to advertise there. Not sure where to find cutters now.
@@jogalbreath5216 You know it’s getting harder and harder to find cutters to commission in America at least that are reasonably affordable everybody I know cost about $35 an hour more here in America to cut material you might have a better time overseas that comes with a lot of political problems I’m sure for a lot of people but unless you’re willing to pay a good price it will be very hard to find somebody here in America to cut
Bones bones yuk
10billion years old or .... mud fossil only 600 years old ... ew
Hello my friend can you give me some contact information I would be interested in sending some rock documentation and hope it will be posted by you there in the future I am in Indonesia
I’m sorry my friend I do not understand what you would like me to do :)