Oh, I absolutely LOVE both Malachite and Chryscolla! In fact, my Dad wanted 2 bolo ties for his birthday, so we picked out one Chrysacolla and the other, Malachite. The Malachite had the more rare stripe pattern with a couple of botryoidal spots. I once got a small piece of rough azurite/malachite (azurmalachite), and it reminds me of this piece, only mine is much smaller of course. Lol 😊❤
Love the popping of the air pillows, it looks like fun. Your top eight list was terrific. I think that the Australian black opals aer the best. Your sense of humor and interesting videos keep me coming back. Have a great rest of the week.
lmao.... omg, I can't believe you showed that pic, cz I really thought the #1 worst packaging was going to be, 'cats', rofl, that pic knocked me over....
Hell yeah brother! Videos on all minerals that tickle your fancy would be warmly received! Opals are the pinnacle, but I'm sure most of us would enjoy these side trips. 👍
Happy to see another great video from you, thank you for sharing. I'd love to see you do another channel on gems, and minerals, or any other topic you find interesting!
Anything you decide I'll watch because you're a wealth of information and I enjoy learning about all types of stone. There are some very beautiful rocks from all over the world so I would think you'd always have content for the other channel. Personally I only cut Australian opal and enjoy most when you show cutting or grinding with the how's and whys of opal. But I'm always open to learning about other types of rocks because as a child I wanted to be a geologist. Unfortunately I followed a different path into the family business and only now at almost retirement am I following my dreams.
@@adzoutnabout888 hey smartass that apparently never even watches these things because if you had you would have noticed at the end of the video he asked people would you like to see me make a few videos about other things so perhaps you need to shut your mouth quit being a troll and move on I mean sure I feel bad for you clearly your life is miserable and no one wants to be around you but still no one wants to hear from you
When my hands get dry and chapped in the cold weather I swear by Chap Stick. Sometimes lotion can feel oily. I figured if it works for chapped lips, then maybe it’ll work for chapped hands. I keep an extra tube with me strictly for my hands and fingers and it works great for me! BTW, your opals are so beautiful!! I wish I could afford a real opal like yours. I guess I’ll just have to settle with a lab created.
@@PulitzerOpal that was our experience, even after rehydrating as they recommended for a year. I thought it was just us. I feel better now... oh, no I don't.
As a retired Optical Lab person I had my hands in many different aluminum based lens polishes over the years.....there were times when I could peel off skin in chunks. Gloves offered minimal protection. Now that I'm retired my hands are sorta back to "normal".
So funny, love it. Great intro and even better opals. Fantastic stuff. Thank you. P. S currently crocheting a ton of baggies to post specimens around UA-cam land 😉
I am big mad that despite having your channel set to notify...I didn't get one! Grrrrr. But delighted to be watching this now. Hope you are keeping well.
A trick to stop biting nails: buy 10+ pair of clippers. They're pretty cheap considering. Put them everywhere. Every room and vehicle. If you catch yourself biting, you'll always have clippers on "hand". After some time you'll get use to clipping instead
You freaked me out killing that *air pillow* with that *KNIFE!* 😳 LOVE your crazy ways though! 😂👍🏻 So sad these opals turned out kinda mucky. Thank you for sharing this vast knowledge as to what to look out for and expectations of type opals out on the market. Saving us alot of heartache. ✌🏼😎👍🏻🌴
I would definitely like it if you made another channel. Opal is about 50% of what I work on. The other half is all other minerals and gemstones. Also Lots of jadeite and a tiny bit of Nephrite. Mostly from Guatemala up to B.C. So please do, I'll watch all your videos from that channel also. Thank you for taking the time to make and edit content. I look forward to new content from you. I even go back and watch stuff again from time to time.
Air pillows :D I love sneaking out to my sons car in the night and placing a row of these pillows under his wheels for the morning hehehe (It's a useful alarm too) Gorgeous opals, best of luck cutting them and I look forward to the results! Good or bad, it's a lesson x
Lmao...love your rants and your hands are incredible because they create such beauty!!!! I see nothing that can't be cured with some moisturizer, and keeping those pesky nail biters an arms length away. Interesting video about the black stayish opal. Thanks for the informative video and the laughs🤗
@@PulitzerOpal lol, I don't know about that Hannibal lector muzzle ....I'm pretty sure you could still fit a finger through! Oh no I'm sorry I forgot that its OTHERS who are chewing on those fingernails of yours. I sure hope Sheila isn't involved, it would change my whole opinion of her.
i must confess, i have been unfaithful, i discovered a show on tv where they hunt for opals in australia and have been binge watching it. but i have come to my senses and i am back to watch this video. mea culpa
@@PulitzerOpal yes it was a bit frustrating I only shopped 1 day...only saw 3 tents (1 had the dinosaur skeleton) and a food tent. Spent a ton on Moroccan fossils and spheres to use for work. SOOOOO many things...so little time! I prob looked like this 🤤 wish I had unlimited money the jewelry was unbelievable 😍 Would have been nice to meet the voice I've been following 😊
Sir... I'm quite new to the Lapidary/opal polishing field...would you happen to have junk or scrap opal that I can get from you to practice with... Think about it and let me know...I'm not looking for stuff to profit on just to get the feel for shaping and dome practice...practice makes perfect...lol... Thank you for your consideration...
@@PulitzerOpal ...I instead...thank you for your consideration I really appreciate that...never thought of that using those alternatives... Once again thank you very much...
Nice colour on those Ethiopian opals, but cracking seems to be a massive issue on a lot of them. That’s such a shame. That Malachite Chrysocolla specimen was rather nice though. Loved the little love heart pattern on it.
The video keeps crashing at 7:31 and I can’t get it to complete successfully. I tried updating my app, restarting it, playing other videos then coming back to it, but it won’t play any further past that point. :(
There is black opal from one of the mines in Delanta. It's very rare though. Speaking of black opal, why is Ethiopian called dark grey in stead of black? Some are darker than Australian black opal. Australian has a body tone scale from N1 to N9. But Ethiopian is just called grey or dark grey. Is there a difference to their blackness?? Thanks
Gamblers rough? To begin with, my passion for Opals is greater than my bank account. That said, most all of the Parcels I buy are one ounce or about,and I do find and cut some beautiful gems from them. Usually about 80% of the material is not usable for jewelry. But, if there's a little bit of color you can craft something around it to make it pop! Back to the subject of this video which is wello opal... even the smallest pieces are brilliant and wonderful. Miners run Parcels are a good affordable option and do you yield some good stones. So what I'm saying to you mr. Pulitzer is if you have any small parcels available to a gambler like myself I would love to take them off your hands! Always thinking about chasing the rainbow. Best regards, Tim
I just got this notification. I'm in bed now. Have a better comment tomorrow.. 😊 Well. I'm a bad sub. Anyway. I loved this episode. It was funny and informative, as usual! The black opal makes the color more bright and amazing! I actually really liked the opal you could only see at an angle. I personally like it when you include other stones in your videos, because it adds something I wasn't expecting, but normally your good humor and jokes are pretty unexpected. I think the short videos about other things sounds great. Also. I'm a nail technician. You should come to California and get your nails done by me! 😊 I know... this is I very long comment...
I love the potato/corn starch packing peanuts. You can just throw them into the kitchen sink full of water and dissolve them. If you're brave, throw some into your rpast drippings to thicken the sauce.
He has a video on smoked opals. Andamooka opals are almost always smoked. That is whatcha featured in his video if I remember correctly. He goes through the process in the vid.
@@monkeyking1214 These opals, smoked Ethiopian opals, are literally surrounded/covered with smoke. Andamooka opal is sometimes subjected to a sugar/acid treatment.
For reference I paid $3 a gram for some low to ok quality welo rough small nub ends the size of a small childs pinky to the first knuckle at the brown stucco one. The only rough I saw at the 3 shows I visited.
Sir I've discovered some crystal stones it's like other kind of matrix opal in the Phlippines. Then...I'm prospecting this one yellowish stone which I think a kind of diamonds! It's covered by black lava by the color yellow cnt hide as waves on the sea kept tumbling them down. So I discovered while searching about minerals and gemstones in UA-cam on how to identify kinds of gemstones. That's when I realized that all that I'm searching was already in my surroundings where I'm living now. Mostly crystal opal then I think a diamond kind or quarts and more matrix opal . How to connect with you as I'm interested to make clean of my prospecting yellow stone and diamond kind or quartz stones. So how much is your charge of cleaning my best stones only to be selected. Or if it's includes faceting how much is the cost.
I think you ought to create a second channel. I enjoy your humor and your knowledge. If that were available in another channel where we didn't have to see your hands, that would be amazing!
Being a closet opal fiend.... Imagine my pure terror at finding your upload kept freezing ,and a quaint UA-cam message saying... "something went wrong, tap to retry" I near tapped a hole in my Ipad.
Pulitzer Opal i couldnt watch your upload 8pm Saturday EST Australia. That would of been Friday lunch to arvo ( afternoon ) Nth American time. Still enjoyed what I got to see mate..... Always do 👍
You said not to opticon Ethiopian opal in one of your vids!? I was wondering if it was because it might force out the water and render them colourless almost as if you had put them in water but permanent colour loss!
@@PulitzerOpal well I'm not really in a position to experiment and mainly just make gifts for people or myself as I started buying them years ago on the internet which can be a bit of a risk and I'm sure some people even scratch some if they didn't get a price they wanted perhaps but they put them in auction... Anyhow I've learnt a lot and know how to be careful if they only have pictures but they're my favourite for jewelry and intend to use them at some point... I love watching people work with awesome ones and thanks for sharing!
@@PulitzerOpal you can post there anything you want - don't need to ask :) there is no 'official' stayish topic but we started to talk about it here > www.opalholicsanonymous.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2032&hilit=stayish&start=10 btw. to post video you need to copy the numbers for the end of the YT link - Xh5zPepBZuU --- choose the video button and paste the numbers between the brackets. - if you can't find it just paste the whole link and Pink or someone will do it for you. cheers :)
I have a black Ethiopian opal. Love the colour flashes and ofc was much cheaper than if it was Australian. And have I ever put that poor gem through (more than, one might argue) its fair share.
You're an entertaining guy. I enjoyed your video about the Texas septarian nodules. I'd certainly give you a chance to entertain me with other stuff. Even if it's only in States where it's legal.
So I just received a piece that they are labeling "clarity enhanced " and it looks amazing. The dealer is wishy-washy saying what that means. Any clue? I'm assuming its epoxy that fills those cracks. Anyway I'm excited to cut it!!!
After countless hours of watching and rewatching your videos. I have finally decided to purchase a couple of small parcels. If you are interested in the fruits of my labor you can find the video on nnopals UA-cam channel. Parcels 24069 and 24059. How'd I do! ? 😁
I would watch you wash dishes as long as you are commenting in your usual, fabulously funny banter style! Can I visit? I just NEED a week of laughing my *ss off, and I suspect you may be the culprit to inflict pure joviality on my day! Better than vitamin B or C, also, I could rub "Bag Balm" or "Udderly SMOOTH" (both excellent, non-greasy moisturizers) on those poor hands. I would be happy to stay in the barn with the grinding wheels! LOL!!! Thanks for your great videos, so fun, so.......FUN!!! Oh, also, quick question, would it be worth it to cut small opal cabs from the parts between the cracks? Probably too much work. As usual, I liked and subscribe! AND, I even WATCH (play) the ads to support you! THAT is LOVE of Pulitzer Opal, truly. :)
@@PulitzerOpal Well, if you behave, maybe you can ask her nicely and lovingly to rub Bag Balm into your hands! Then she can hear your great sense of humor more. Love the videos, thank for all the helpful info! Take care!
KITTY!!!!! ...I'd take the "junk" ones off your hands. I don't know why but I have a thing for the "potch" material. I have a solid grey piece of agate in my room that I found in the local river here.. along with some odd brown stones that I have no clue what they are. And a big chunk of what looks to be red jasper.. like a 3x5x3 piece. BTW they also make silver, gold, white, yellow, and red paint pens you can use to mark with.
Please do make a 2nd channel, I will listen to you ramble about anything
Oh, I absolutely LOVE both Malachite and Chryscolla! In fact, my Dad wanted 2 bolo ties for his birthday, so we picked out one Chrysacolla and the other, Malachite. The Malachite had the more rare stripe pattern with a couple of botryoidal spots. I once got a small piece of rough azurite/malachite (azurmalachite), and it reminds me of this piece, only mine is much smaller of course. Lol 😊❤
I love your sense of humor and enjoy the rants and extraneous info you provide AT NO CHARGE! I would gladly watch another channel.
Love the popping of the air pillows, it looks like fun. Your top eight list was terrific. I think that the Australian black opals aer the best. Your sense of humor and interesting videos keep me coming back. Have a great rest of the week.
To more, I say yes! Your humor is spectacular. Give us more rants, more stones, more rocks, more jokes and more Shelia. Kudos to you and Who Dat!?!
You never fail to surprise! Thank you for the new input on stayish opal!
lmao.... omg, I can't believe you showed that pic, cz I really thought the #1 worst packaging was going to be, 'cats', rofl, that pic knocked me over....
znow that I think about it, cats are probably on your BEST packing materials, lol.
Hell yeah brother! Videos on all minerals that tickle your fancy would be warmly received! Opals are the pinnacle, but I'm sure most of us would enjoy these side trips. 👍
You are SO funny! I truly appreciate your dry humour and Photoshop wizardry 🤪💖
Do a shop tour on your new channel and I think most of the subs here would watch it.
Happy to see another great video from you, thank you for sharing. I'd love to see you do another channel on gems, and minerals, or any other topic you find interesting!
Anything you decide I'll watch because you're a wealth of information and I enjoy learning about all types of stone. There are some very beautiful rocks from all over the world so I would think you'd always have content for the other channel. Personally I only cut Australian opal and enjoy most when you show cutting or grinding with the how's and whys of opal. But I'm always open to learning about other types of rocks because as a child I wanted to be a geologist. Unfortunately I followed a different path into the family business and only now at almost retirement am I following my dreams.
"Oops, that's not me." LOL
I needed that laugh! You bring me a lot of laughter and knowledge. Thank you!
Another channel with your quality content? Yes, please!
Thank you for being you! You are awesome! Your knowledge and humor are amazing. Seriously...Thank You. The world needs more people like you.
I would enjoy another Channel about other types of rock
@@adzoutnabout888 hey smartass that apparently never even watches these things because if you had you would have noticed at the end of the video he asked people would you like to see me make a few videos about other things so perhaps you need to shut your mouth quit being a troll and move on I mean sure I feel bad for you clearly your life is miserable and no one wants to be around you but still no one wants to hear from you
When my hands get dry and chapped in the cold weather I swear by Chap Stick. Sometimes lotion can feel oily. I figured if it works for chapped lips, then maybe it’ll work for chapped hands. I keep an extra tube with me strictly for my hands and fingers and it works great for me! BTW, your opals are so beautiful!! I wish I could afford a real opal like yours. I guess I’ll just have to settle with a lab created.
It reminds me of Virgin Valley Opal. Thanks for sharing. We had fun and were again overwhelmed at Tucson. Not so bad at Quartzite. Keep it coming!
@@PulitzerOpal that was our experience, even after rehydrating as they recommended for a year. I thought it was just us. I feel better now... oh, no I don't.
As a retired Optical Lab person I had my hands in many different aluminum based lens polishes over the years.....there were times when I could peel off skin in chunks. Gloves offered minimal protection. Now that I'm retired my hands are sorta back to "normal".
I would greatly like another channel with more geological content. Regards from Scotland.
Catching the re upload lol. Thanks for the video!
Amazing opals......just spectacular!
Great plan and thank you for information and the laughs...
What a funny man! Seriously I watched three videos and I am falling in love with your content.
One of my favorite channels!
So funny, love it. Great intro and even better opals. Fantastic stuff. Thank you. P. S currently crocheting a ton of baggies to post specimens around UA-cam land 😉
@@PulitzerOpal thank you, glad you liked it my friend, I'm very green but learn a lot from videos like yours. 👍🏼
I am big mad that despite having your channel set to notify...I didn't get one! Grrrrr. But delighted to be watching this now. Hope you are keeping well.
Very interesting, I became fascinating with opal, and your humor is gold!
A trick to stop biting nails: buy 10+ pair of clippers. They're pretty cheap considering. Put them everywhere. Every room and vehicle. If you catch yourself biting, you'll always have clippers on "hand". After some time you'll get use to clipping instead
thanks again dear sir for yet another great video.
You are an excellent presenter with a great sense of humor. If you have time, another channel would complete my day.
You freaked me out killing that *air pillow* with that *KNIFE!* 😳 LOVE your crazy ways though! 😂👍🏻 So sad these opals turned out kinda mucky. Thank you for sharing this vast knowledge as to what to look out for and expectations of type opals out on the market. Saving us alot of heartache. ✌🏼😎👍🏻🌴
Hehehe, you crack me up! I would watch. I hope that you had an incredible time in Tuscon ♥
Keep uploading precious videos. Thanks!
I would definitely like it if you made another channel. Opal is about 50% of what I work on. The other half is all other minerals and gemstones. Also Lots of jadeite and a tiny bit of Nephrite. Mostly from Guatemala up to B.C.
So please do, I'll watch all your videos from that channel also. Thank you for taking the time to make and edit content. I look forward to new content from you. I even go back and watch stuff again from time to time.
I agree.. I will listen to you say anything about anything.
Air pillows :D I love sneaking out to my sons car in the night and placing a row of these pillows under his wheels for the morning hehehe (It's a useful alarm too) Gorgeous opals, best of luck cutting them and I look forward to the results! Good or bad, it's a lesson x
Lmao...love your rants and your hands are incredible because they create such beauty!!!! I see nothing that can't be cured with some moisturizer, and keeping those pesky nail biters an arms length away. Interesting video about the black stayish opal. Thanks for the informative video and the laughs🤗
@@PulitzerOpal lol, I don't know about that Hannibal lector muzzle ....I'm pretty sure you could still fit a finger through! Oh no I'm sorry I forgot that its OTHERS who are chewing on those fingernails of yours. I sure hope Sheila isn't involved, it would change my whole opinion of her.
@@PulitzerOpal 🤗
i must confess, i have been unfaithful, i discovered a show on tv where they hunt for opals in australia and have been binge watching it. but i have come to my senses and i am back to watch this video. mea culpa
My favorite choice for shipping is new triple ply toilet paper put items in tube and plug the ends after the shipping they have another purpose.
Well I did get to go to the Tucson show but too many tents to actually find anyone. It was spectacular shopping though!
@@PulitzerOpal yes it was a bit frustrating I only shopped 1 day...only saw 3 tents (1 had the dinosaur skeleton) and a food tent. Spent a ton on Moroccan fossils and spheres to use for work. SOOOOO many things...so little time! I prob looked like this 🤤 wish I had unlimited money the jewelry was unbelievable 😍 Would have been nice to meet the voice I've been following 😊
Those stalactite cross sections were the rarest most precious minerals on the planet. Now that's art.
Where do you buy these rough opals for your videos? Or do you get them all from friends you know out in Australia?
I would watch, for sure.
I agree with you about not really being fond of Ethiopian opal. I find it very brittle. What are your thoughts on Indonesian opal?
wrong version or just an alternative version to another view? I like all the vids you put out... informative and funny . just the right mix
Sir...
I'm quite new to the Lapidary/opal polishing field...would you happen to have junk or scrap opal that I can get from you to practice with...
Think about it and let me know...I'm not looking for stuff to profit on just to get the feel for shaping and dome practice...practice makes perfect...lol...
Thank you for your consideration...
@@PulitzerOpal ...I instead...thank you for your consideration I really appreciate that...never thought of that using those alternatives...
Once again thank you very much...
Nice colour on those Ethiopian opals, but cracking seems to be a massive issue on a lot of them. That’s such a shame.
That Malachite Chrysocolla specimen was rather nice though. Loved the little love heart pattern on it.
The best of UA-cam may start a 2nd channel! Well this is a good start of my day.
THIS IS THE GENERAL. I SALUTE YOU, COL.
Absolutely Jaw dropping spectacular( smoked Opals )
The Stayish Opals are definitely pretty but I do love the Ethiopian white Opals
make a stand up comedy channel and make this channel more informative that's what I am voting for
The video keeps crashing at 7:31 and I can’t get it to complete successfully. I tried updating my app, restarting it, playing other videos then coming back to it, but it won’t play any further past that point. :(
I would love short non-opal videos... I subbed not strictly because I am "into opal"... but your sense of humor.
Im so thankful for your reply Sir
God luck
God bless
O'Keefe's lotion and hand balm was made specifically for extremely dry and cracked skin.
There is black opal from one of the mines in Delanta. It's very rare though. Speaking of black opal, why is Ethiopian called dark grey in stead of black? Some are darker than Australian black opal. Australian has a body tone scale from N1 to N9. But Ethiopian is just called grey or dark grey. Is there a difference to their blackness?? Thanks
Gamblers rough?
To begin with, my passion for Opals is greater than my bank account. That said, most all of the Parcels I buy are one ounce or about,and I do find and cut some beautiful gems from them. Usually about 80% of the material is not usable for jewelry. But, if there's a little bit of color you can craft something around it to make it pop!
Back to the subject of this video which is wello opal... even the smallest pieces are brilliant and wonderful. Miners run Parcels are a good affordable option and do you yield some good stones.
So what I'm saying to you mr. Pulitzer is if you have any small parcels available to a gambler like myself I would love to take them off your hands!
Always thinking about chasing the rainbow.
Best regards, Tim
“I’m not an opal whisperer or anything, I’m just a human” that happens to whisper to opals while making vidjéos.
I just got this notification. I'm in bed now. Have a better comment tomorrow.. 😊
Well. I'm a bad sub. Anyway. I loved this episode. It was funny and informative, as usual! The black opal makes the color more bright and amazing! I actually really liked the opal you could only see at an angle.
I personally like it when you include other stones in your videos, because it adds something I wasn't expecting, but normally your good humor and jokes are pretty unexpected. I think the short videos about other things sounds great.
Also. I'm a nail technician. You should come to California and get your nails done by me! 😊
I know... this is I very long comment...
I love the potato/corn starch packing peanuts. You can just throw them into the kitchen sink full of water and dissolve them. If you're brave, throw some into your rpast drippings to thicken the sauce.
Caution!! I have seen Smoked Ethiopian black opal in the Rough. Sold as I smoked.
What is smoked opal? Is it a treatment to enhance the stone? Just like glass filling rubies?
Pls if someone knows 🙏🏼
They literally smoke the opal, sorta like a ham
@@geyotepilkington2892 Ah alright. So to make it Black opal? So to say?
He has a video on smoked opals. Andamooka opals are almost always smoked. That is whatcha featured in his video if I remember correctly. He goes through the process in the vid.
@@monkeyking1214 You are incorrect. Andamooka is usually treated and he has a video on how they are treated. Smoked is not the right term.
@@monkeyking1214 These opals, smoked Ethiopian opals, are literally surrounded/covered with smoke. Andamooka opal is sometimes subjected to a sugar/acid treatment.
How much price in this black opals?
Dude you’re hilarious 😂. Love your video ♥️.
doesn't treating the stones with the opticon reduce the value?
So good! Please make another channel too! 🙏🌺💕
Glad she stopped biting ur nails. Do u believe the black opals will dry out? The more rock videos the better.
Liked it, a pleasure to watch, as always. Good idea to have other subjects, please start the other channel you mentioned
No rough price estimates given. Just "cheaper". "Tucson" is about 140 shows with opal scattered about. I would appreciate some specifics.
For reference I paid $3 a gram for some low to ok quality welo rough small nub ends the size of a small childs pinky to the first knuckle at the brown stucco one. The only rough I saw at the 3 shows I visited.
Sir I've discovered some crystal stones it's like other kind of matrix opal in the Phlippines.
Then...I'm prospecting this one yellowish stone which I think a kind of diamonds!
It's covered by black lava by the color yellow cnt hide as waves on the sea kept tumbling them down.
So I discovered while searching about minerals and gemstones in UA-cam on how to identify kinds of gemstones. That's when I realized that all that I'm searching was already in my surroundings where I'm living now.
Mostly crystal opal then I think a diamond kind or quarts and more matrix opal .
How to connect with you as I'm interested to make clean of my prospecting yellow stone and diamond kind or quartz stones.
So how much is your charge of cleaning my best stones only to be selected.
Or if it's includes faceting how much is the cost.
I think you ought to create a second channel. I enjoy your humor and your knowledge. If that were available in another channel where we didn't have to see your hands, that would be amazing!
your videos are great and funny. thank you
Did you do the 2nd channel
Yessss do another channel too!!!
Where did you buy your opals form?
Being a closet opal fiend....
Imagine my pure terror at finding your upload kept freezing ,and a quaint UA-cam message saying...
"something went wrong, tap to retry"
I near tapped a hole in my Ipad.
Pulitzer Opal i couldnt watch your upload 8pm Saturday EST Australia.
That would of been Friday lunch to arvo ( afternoon ) Nth American time.
Still enjoyed what I got to see mate.....
Always do 👍
You said not to opticon Ethiopian opal in one of your vids!? I was wondering if it was because it might force out the water and render them colourless almost as if you had put them in water but permanent colour loss!
Ok so stayish isn't hydrophane but does that then mean no go on wello with opticon and is it because it permanently removed the colour?
@@PulitzerOpal I nearly considered it till I realized, didn't think it would turn them white tho! Cheers pal 👍
@@PulitzerOpal well I'm not really in a position to experiment and mainly just make gifts for people or myself as I started buying them years ago on the internet which can be a bit of a risk and I'm sure some people even scratch some if they didn't get a price they wanted perhaps but they put them in auction... Anyhow I've learnt a lot and know how to be careful if they only have pictures but they're my favourite for jewelry and intend to use them at some point... I love watching people work with awesome ones and thanks for sharing!
I love your videos and would love seeing a 2nd channel. :)
cool video mate :)
you should post it on OA in Stayish topic
greets
@@PulitzerOpal you can post there anything you want - don't need to ask :)
there is no 'official' stayish topic but we started to talk about it here > www.opalholicsanonymous.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2032&hilit=stayish&start=10
btw. to post video you need to copy the numbers for the end of the YT link - Xh5zPepBZuU --- choose the video button and paste the numbers between the brackets. - if you can't find it just paste the whole link and Pink or someone will do it for you.
cheers :)
I cracked up... however my enthusiasm was not blackened....
This channel is great. Sub earned
I have a black Ethiopian opal. Love the colour flashes and ofc was much cheaper than if it was Australian.
And have I ever put that poor gem through (more than, one might argue) its fair share.
Keep it up! And what a cute kitty
Also, just do the shorter videos on same channel! No need for another in my opinion
I love your videos, you always make my day. I think another channel would be nice. TY,TY,TY. :)
Beautiful stones..
You're an entertaining guy. I enjoyed your video about the Texas septarian nodules. I'd certainly give you a chance to entertain me with other stuff. Even if it's only in States where it's legal.
Thanks for the vid. love them all. I revisit them on occasion. And if you had another channel,
I would watch it also. :)
How much was that opal you bought?
8:35 boy, that looks like some GORGEOUS rough.
The C&M. Is beautiful!!!😁
thx for humor and light heart. god bless. i might just watch your chan for just a pick-me-up! :)
I thought I heard you say 2013 but the oldest comment is 7 months ago. When was this found?
So I just received a piece that they are labeling "clarity enhanced " and it looks amazing. The dealer is wishy-washy saying what that means. Any clue? I'm assuming its epoxy that fills those cracks. Anyway I'm excited to cut it!!!
Where do you buy your rough opal parcels?
@@PulitzerOpal thank you very much for the info! You have inspired me!
After countless hours of watching and rewatching your videos. I have finally decided to purchase a couple of small parcels. If you are interested in the fruits of my labor you can find the video on nnopals UA-cam channel. Parcels 24069 and 24059. How'd I do! ? 😁
You are a delight!
I would watch you wash dishes as long as you are commenting in your usual, fabulously funny banter style! Can I visit? I just NEED a week of laughing my *ss off, and I suspect you may be the culprit to inflict pure joviality on my day! Better than vitamin B or C, also, I could rub "Bag Balm" or "Udderly SMOOTH" (both excellent, non-greasy moisturizers) on those poor hands. I would be happy to stay in the barn with the grinding wheels! LOL!!! Thanks for your great videos, so fun, so.......FUN!!! Oh, also, quick question, would it be worth it to cut small opal cabs from the parts between the cracks? Probably too much work. As usual, I liked and subscribe! AND, I even WATCH (play) the ads to support you! THAT is LOVE of Pulitzer Opal, truly. :)
@@PulitzerOpal Well, if you behave, maybe you can ask her nicely and lovingly to rub Bag Balm into your hands! Then she can hear your great sense of humor more. Love the videos, thank for all the helpful info! Take care!
Use a water spray bottle on the #1, peanuts. It removes the static electricity.
KITTY!!!!! ...I'd take the "junk" ones off your hands. I don't know why but I have a thing for the "potch" material. I have a solid grey piece of agate in my room that I found in the local river here.. along with some odd brown stones that I have no clue what they are. And a big chunk of what looks to be red jasper.. like a 3x5x3 piece. BTW they also make silver, gold, white, yellow, and red paint pens you can use to mark with.
I have the worlds first natural black welo opal. It’s hydrophane and green black base with strong stable quality
lol... trust me you are not the first but lucky you to have a good stable piece!
Look up love&light opals on Facebook or instagram you can see what I’ve been working
Weird, I cut three really nice stayish mine opals and they didnt crack at all and have been stable.
Tom W the opals you want are from delanta in a new mine they just discovered