Cutting Black Opals: A Gamble Worth Taking?
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2024
- Cutting risky black Mintabi opal. This is the journey of the rough piece from start to finish.
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I like the whole process...
"Loving it"
WOW! It has been beautiful from the beginning. All of those colors.. That's just beautiful!
You're the expert... It looks like the Aurora Borealis over the ocean, in the daylight..
I'm so glad it was a winner!
OMG! I hit the $300... WOW.. I pulled that 🐇out of the hat... I've watched a lot of videos 😂
Great video.... really enjoyed it.
I typed while I watched 😂
yeah you got it spot on thank you its a beautiful stone that is for sure and i am so glad it did not crumble it really had potential to turn to dust many do
I cut by hand so I'm naturally forced to take my time, but even when I get my wheels i dont think I will rush through it. Opal cutting is a passion, an art. It requires finesse and patience. The day I start ripping through stones for commercial purposes only will be the day I stop. Take your time and watch it slowly reveal itself to you and enjoy it!
agree completely the quality video making though is another level cause there is so many things going on i am getting better at it multi tasking that is cheers
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Wow ! Great job ! You deserve to have a winner like that 👍 You took the risk and it paid off ! Glad and happy for you my friend ! Cannot wait for the next adventure, I always enjoy learning from you
thank you Michael you are very supportive and kind really appreciate it and yes this was risky with visible cracks I am very happy it cut this beautiful stone
Kevs got some wicked meteral thanks for sharing from the opal knight
thanks Stephen yes you can get some good opal from him this one was little scary though could have turned to nothing being Mintabi with visible cracks but it worked out :)
Nice stone
thank you Joe appreciate the comment :)
I like watching the whole process. You have a small Crack at the top of the stone...
yes you are right just on the edge, i bring it in, i noticed after all was done , this is why i cut outside the oval lines the stone is slightly larger so when i bring it in its 16x12 as best as it can be , appreciate the attention to detail thank you
Good job!
thank you Joerg
Classic Mintabie with those perpendicular bars. I'd say you got pretty lucky that there is mostly colour across the whole stone. Usually, in my experience at least, those lines of colour running through Mintabie have clear/milky crystal in between.
Really nice big pendant stone. Hopefully you can make 100 or two profit. Doubling your money would be a winner imo.
Oh and grats on the 1500. Seems like only a few weeks ago you were celebrating 1000 and its already 1550+. Keep going Sir!
yes def lucky Mintabi can be heart breaking this one should be able to double the money it is a very nice stone and its big thanks Mat
thank you
Speeding up the process is fine, especially if it is non-critical parts of the work. I was guessing three hundred australian for the stone(you can trust me...wink). Great looking stone. I may have gone for the freeform, but the crack issues may have forced an oval anyway.
thanks Don yes the cracks underneath on the potch made an easy decision to round it and make it stable
Gudday mate, great video with fantastic content. A little constructive criticism if that's ok, it's great to speed up the process, but perhaps cut the sped up audio? It's a little ear-piercing. Maybe even a little music over during that.
Otherwise, fantastic work. Such a beautiful stone!
hey thanks mate funny that every video i made so far has music over the speed up. first time i didn't but reduced the noise and i did it cause some said leave the noise lol. Music is def better . appreciate the constructive criticism :)
i think probly 5 to 600 $$ IF YOU GET RID OF POTCH MAY BE 8 TO 900 but i may be wrong
thats about right tx Pk :)