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Opal info, Buying, Cutting, Cabbing, etc.
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post Dec 8 2006, 10:02 AM
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Opals are quite spectacular.
We picked up a few cheaper pieces from a local shop to try our hand. happy.gif
There is alot to learn concerning opals and some are worth considerably more than others.

Here is a great site to start learning about opals for those interested.
www.Opalsmith.com

The opal in the pic is the 2nd opal I've done from scratch.....whew, man it's tough to do with partial bands rather than solid opal color. This piece was a band in the "potch" material.

The play of color is mainly the blue with hints of the green you see.
Is a low grade white piece.... sad.gif
Still looks really pretty though....and of course is much nicer to the human eye in sunlight. Hard to catch the flash/play on the color with the camera.

Anyone else have any pics of opals they have worked or other links to opal websites?

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post Dec 8 2006, 10:56 AM
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This is my favourite Dan, its a must read, lots of rough opal for sale and a monthly journal of a working opal miner,

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post Dec 8 2006, 05:39 PM
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Nice lookn rock Dan. You did a fine job. Joe
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post Dec 9 2006, 03:08 PM
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Good job Dan!

Here is a picture of opals that Snowdog gave us in water. happy.gif
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post Dec 9 2006, 05:53 PM
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Lets cut and polish them puppies. hehe Joe
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post Dec 12 2006, 07:35 AM
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Here is a link to the Wyoming USGS on opals. http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/metals/CedarRimOpalField.aspx
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post Dec 13 2006, 08:43 AM
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Thanks for the link Sparky.

Here is a pic of some rough pieces Wyodust gave us.
Pieces are Australian....nice colors.

One black piece came out rather nice....I'll try to get a photo posted...hard to get a pic of the color flash in cabbed opal sometimes. ohmy.gif biggrin.gif


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post Dec 13 2006, 03:02 PM
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blush.gif that wyodust must be some kind of nice guy laugh.gif



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post Dec 14 2006, 03:31 PM
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happy.gif Wyo.
Thank you all for the compliments.
Here is a pic of the Black Opal that will soon be on it's way north to Wyoming.

Turned out pretty nice I thought. smile.gif
Weight is 1 ct.

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post Dec 22 2006, 02:51 PM
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wow dano, looks awesome, thanks smile.gif


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post Jan 10 2007, 07:26 AM
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Thats really nice dan.

this is the link that i thought i had posted.

http://www.internetopals.com/Updates/archi.../archived-3.htm

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post Feb 4 2007, 01:53 PM
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Thanks for the kind compliments folks! biggrin.gif

Everybody was talking about opals so much this week in chat .........it got me wanting to cab some......so here is what turned up from the rough in the pictures above after some very careful cabbing.....whew took a while too! happy.gif

Two of these came from one piece ......first pic of rough.....long skinny piece on top left.

Hard to get 4 opals to play the light in one pic....but this shows some of each ones color.
In real life they are much much flashier! cool.gif

Oh and before anyone asks......big tear drop is for my sweety! wub.gif

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blush.gif Thanks honey, they turned out great! wub.gif


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post Mar 11 2007, 04:07 PM
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Here's another small opal cab done this last week in the CP lap shop. happy.gif

Man it's tough to catch the flash of color in the pics on some opals.... blink.gif biggrin.gif

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post Apr 12 2007, 05:23 AM
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Here are a few videos about opal......

Gemology of precious opal happy.gif

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