LIVE Repolishing scratches out of a $50,000 gem black opal
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2018
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See the best opal in the world at blackopaldirect.com and Justin will take you on a journey into the opal world in Australia.
Justin will show you how to cut opal, how to grade, and even how to mine with many amazing gem black opals along the way.
What makes this channel so satisfying to watch is that even if Justin has to sacrifice a few carats of weight, he is the opal whisperer...he brings out the best in those beauties!
Yes, i can see the ripples and flat spot. Absolutely beautiful stone.
also the scratches as well
Hi Justin! One of these days, I will have a sleepless night on the right night and catch you live. As it is, it was 5:30am when I logged in and saw you had a couple of new videos up on here.
Keep up the amazing & fantastic work there mate :)
It's always so satisfying to watch you expertly work on and see the end result to those gorgeous gems. 😍🤩 Also glad you've diversified the shapes you create! 👍👌💙
Thankyou I am trying haha
That is an absolutely beautiful stone, a world of difference from how it looked when you started.
Amazing result from your hands Justin...its more and more beautiful glitering comes out from that opal...cheers mate!
I'm glad that you were able to save some red. It's too bad that the person before didn't have your skill♥
Nice
That is a beautiful gem opal and you do fantastic polishing on that one. What a great man you are to share with us !!!!
Terrific stone! A Beauty Justin! I especially love the large rounded area bottom left. Beautiful Mate!
I really enjoy how informative your videos are Justin. I'm just getting into cutting and polishing opal as a hobby. No lapidary equipment yet, need to come across a used unit. Though I haven't found one yet so it'll be a test of patience as I already have a lot of rough stones. Looking forward to your next vids, cheers.
Hello, I am from Mexico and getting into opal working recently too, neither i have a lapidary machine, but I use a bench grinder with sandpaper, if you have watsapp, i could send you a video so you can see the tecnique i use. Salutes!
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL, it is so real and Justin is such a wonderful character and I absolutely love opals and furthermore Justin knows all about opals. This opal to me is very pretty, even though it looks like a crack, I would totally buy that opal, it has pretty color, and looks fairly large.
Hey man your keeping me up,I've just discovered your channel and I love it!!! Thank you
Thank you I hope you have subscribed:-)
Yes u have mate,peace from U.K
Definitely one of the most beautiful gems. So large with so many different patterns and colors. I'm fixing to put up my first stone for sell thanks to you Justin. Starting with a Cab King but until I cut a few hundred stones and business takes off it will have to do.
I am so glad to be able to help
That's a brave job to take on. And live. 👍 Excellent video. Watched loads lately. Thanks
Great opal!! Love your videos, watching from Chicago, Illinois USA
Hi, am seeing y're work and this is one of the best stones that y've cut endeed very nice love the color game of this one
Call up the owner and say, "Looks great! I took out all the scratches, and made a lovely little oval!"
Beautiful as always... I always enjoy your work!
Beautiful work my friend! Thank you!
Beautifully done! It definitely pops more now that you've worked on it!
To my taste, the most beautiful of all gems. Your work is magnificent.
Kind words thank you
Justin, i feel like i need to be your apprentice..i have learned so much from you, but im also not afraid to tell you take another look at things, and when I do you actually listen! I wish i could be there to help every day and continue to learn!
Thank you I do have one already and one day my son also will show more interest I am guessing
This art definitely needs to be carried on for future generations, i can only hope your son sees how important it is some day! :)
HELLO, DMTrip!
Congratulations! No two opals are alike so your fiance owill have a ring unique to the universe..amazing thought.
You should consider how she uses her hands. If she bangs her hands around, opals in rings do best in bezel mountings or surrounded with other stones for protection.
You might ask Justin's opinion but your fiancee is one lucky girl for sure. When I was in South Africa years ago and found out how common diamonds are, especially in the average engagement ring in the half carat to three carat size, I also decided I didn't want a diamond. I chose a South Sea pearl as I already owned a very fine opal. My Beloved was stunned that I didn't want a diamond and while I had to wait a little for my pearl, I never regretted not choosing a diamond. For every day, I wear a blue moissanite or a strontium titanate. I couldn't see the logic of spending money for a diamond when the money could better be used as a down payment for a home or a new car. Anyway, I hope she loves your choice and best wishes.
We love you Justin. You’re amazing in such a beautiful artistic craft you’re in.
Thank you
Yes we can see cutting marks..ripples etc. I feel sure you will bring it to reflect its fabulous color and maximum potential
WOW! Justin, you really know how to bring the stunning beauty out in a stone.
Thank you :-)
I love these videos thank you for all your hard work and making the videos
I really liked this video. It must be hard to fix some other persons mistakes. You did a great job. Sending love from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
I see it too. Great work fixing it.
Wow, looks like you brought some red fire out as well. Would be interesting to have the stone weighted before and after the recutting. May have lost some weight but gained value!
Breathtaking! It’s mesmerizing.
Beautiful work... fascinating to watch.
Thank you from Las Vegas...
Amazing your pre polished look better than their final
Great job Justin 👍
You are a MASTER! Huge difference!
I been watching a bunch of your videos last couple days. I almost want to get into this as a hobby. Idk if it's a good hobby to have or not idk where I'd even start. Anyway I see that you put in a link to your website which is awesome!
Beautiful stone Justin
So the funniest thing. I was watching your video over the harlequin opal.. so I googled it to see what you were talking about. And lone behold I see this huge 54k opal and im thinking holy crop thats huge.... and all the while this video is playing in the back ground and once I seen the shape.... I realized its literally the same opal from this video 🤣
Wow to think I could have sunk a shaft years ago and thought no I won't buy in. lol Used to be a member of the Lap Club in Newcastle NSW. We found some amazing finds over the years. The best was my Sapphire. My metal detector went off so i dug up a huge Sapphire No gold though or was their? May be I should have dug further. Also found a crystal cave on the many weekend trips away. Also Dinosaur dropping formed in volcanic rock, that was the find of the century never forget that trip....lol a beautiful Opal...
Beautiful job . Thank you for sharing 🇺🇸👍🏻
Awesome job; watching from Dallas Tx
Yes...Opals are, indeed, "the Queen of Gems"! I have always loved them, and, not just because they are my birthstone! 😎
I would have never known how to check polishing on a stone except for you
At first I took offense about your comment on Mexican opal , but then, when you said you were Australian and live in Australia I understood were you were coming from. As a Mexican living in LA, California USA, I'm leaning alot about opal watching your videos. Thanks for the knowledge.
Love your skills
That is gorgeous!
Have an opal engagement ring. Imagine, a gem that looks different
every time you look at it!
Hoping the wife has the same properties as the stone.
Definatly can see the original poor finish.... I wonder, how hard is an opal ? Will it loose a perfectly finished surface in regular wear? Fabulous stone xx must add.... for me ..I love the oblique shape of the stone and would always choose something different over something regular. I live close to Whitby North Yorkshire from where JET is famously found....and love the obscure shapes of jet set in a solid band of silver. Xxx
What a opal. Awesome job.
Great video,again. Love them! Thanks!
That you Mary
So glad you can bring your magic to improve the value of this beauty. Lesson: NEVER trust your opal for repolishing to someone who isn't the very best as seen here. Given the rarity of the opal compared to the inflated value of diamonds, I'd have an opal engagement ring any day over a diamond. Why have a diamond like
everyone else when you can have a one-of-a-kind opal:)
Thats cool you said that. I'm looking for an opal engagement ring for my fiance to be. To be honest I'm not sure if she like opals as much as me but the ring I'm looking at is a beautiful fire opal claw clasp with 2 small diamonds either side. Very elegant. Just hope she like it.
Too true :-)
Did you notice that the Royals don't use a single Diamond they always have a gemstone and then surrounded with diamonds so they don't consider the diamond to be the important gem.
@@johnnyb9218 tell her that you couldn't just give her a diamond like everybody else gets that she was more important. Just like the Royals who only give gemstone surrounded by diamonds that's what you wanted her to have kiss you was more valuable. The Royals know the value of diamonds is literally held up by the De Beers company in a faults price guarded by dogs and men with guns but gemstones are not they have a value based upon truth clarity and color. Would have beautiful ring she will have. Like someone posted Opals are what a soul would look like I find it very interesting that usually when they represent ethereal spiritual light in the cinematography it almost looks like opal.
@@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678 _"the Royals don't use a single Diamond they always have a gemstone and then surrounded with diamonds so they don't consider the diamond to be the important gem"_ Opals aside (undeniably beautiful in their own right) your statement is simply not true. Plenty of the Royals have a diamond center stone engagement ring. HRH The Queen herself has a diamond engagement ring. The center diamond coming from a tiara owned by Prince Philip's Mother. Countess Sophie, Autumn Phillips, Zara Tindall, Camilla Parker Bowles (which was formerly the Queen Mother's) Princess Beatrice, and Meghan.
_"The Royals know the value of diamonds is literally held up by the De Beers company in a faults price guarded by dogs and men with guns but gemstones are not they have a value based upon truth clarity and color."_ This statement is simply laughable, honestly. Let's see, The Stuart, 39.75cts. The Dresden, 40.70cts. The Sancy, 55.23cts. The Koh-i-Noor, 105.602cts. The Cullinan II, 317.4cts. The Cullinan I, 530.2cts. The Cullinan III, 94.4cts paired with the Cullinan IV at 63.6cts to make up "Granny's Chips" to name a mere few of the Royal Collection of diamonds, which is nothing short of epic in quantity.
You do not need to make absurd claims about the Royal family and their relationship to diamonds to somehow justify opals. Opals stand alone without the need for this false narrative of yours.
FYI i always prefer the free form shapes for opals (I have several). For me, it just adds to the uniqueness of the stone.
I love the shape!
Haven't seen this one before. Amazing!
Sure can. HOLY HELL that thing is gorgeousssss
It's hard to see the scratches past the nagnificent beauty of that stone!
But yes, you can see them.
I would like to know how much of the stone was lost to re-poloshing. I am sure it needed it, but the stone had much more color/pattern at first.
Ok, I went back and looked at a before and then after polish. Yeah the stone is 100X better after the re-polishing.
Can you edit this video to add a before/after side by side comparison? That would be nice for comparison.
Anyone have info on how my wife could learn jewelery design from a reputable school? In the USA
Beautiful stone - wish there was internet when I was looking for a career - only 3 at the time - teacher, nursing, or mom , would have loved being a stone cutter
Absolutely gorgeous!
Awesomeness comes from your hands Justin!!!
💓🌏💓🌎💓🌍💓
2019😊
Thank you Caroline
Thank you very much and God bless you and yours.
Do opals require polishing frequently after the initial cut and polish?
Oh I’ve missed you!
How is an opal's price affected if the cutter leaves a thick potch on the stone (obviously to increase weight)?
Whr would the best place 2 get opal jewelry priced. I have some opal sets that the misses would like 2 know more about thm
Thank you so much
I dont have money for gemstones gold or diamonds but if given a choice an opal would be the only one i would love to admire
Awesome stone!
I have a black opal it looks black but has all the colors would it be worth something
Beautiful stone
yes i see them.. all of them.
Justin you are without a doubt one of if not the best cutter in Australia. With that being said. IMO you take too much color away. If you look at that stone before and after you cut it. Some of the 3d is gone and the flash is more distinct because of the transition to the colors left. A large play of orange on the edges is almost gone now. You are without a doubt the true expert. I'm just making observations from the beginning of the stone to the end result. just a thought. I hope this is not taken as an insult.
wow excellent work your very clever and i can see exactly what you asked if we can see
Linda Opala, wow opls beauthiful...
How are you holding it on there?
Watching this screaming to myself “That’s enough”.
Flagstone ❤️
Olha eu aqui d novo!
Como eu queria ter uma dessas 😍
Incredible!
Love this
Hello from Northwest USA
Disfruto tus vídeos pero yo hablo español y tus vídeos no tienen traducción, puedes hacer videos con el traductor activado. Muchas gracias
Trabalho de excelencia
You've got cerium oxide in your blood! Another beautiful gem!
Is that like Tripoli?
Yes, I can!
GORGEOUS
Q. Will you re-polish already set vintage jewels.
It depends on the piece
Sooooo amazingly beautiful
Thank You
I am thinking about an engagement ring done with one of your black opals.
Opals are my new favorite stone.
yay!!
Did you buy this one or are you just cutting for someone?
Holy Opal 😎👍💯
yep
Lik! Showww d opa! Eu adoro ver seus vídeos e estas maravilhas!👍
Is that 600 a genuine Nova? I notice how out of round it is.
The brown one is out a little and it is not genuine
Holy smokes!!!
Could see the scratches