How To Identify Ethiopian Opal Gemstone

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6 жыл бұрын

Time lapse demonstrates the "Hydrophane" properties of Ethiopian Opal. In general, almost all Ethiopian opal is hydrophane (becomes translucent to transparent when placed in water) and Australian opal is not).

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@user-bs3fv5wv3f 4 жыл бұрын

simple, direct and informative! Thank you!

@1.4142 4 жыл бұрын

The hydrophone properties of opal vary quite a lot depending on how porous it is.

@hymnodyhands 5 жыл бұрын

Wow... Opal is beautiful and has other amazing qualities too...

@stonehand49 6 жыл бұрын

I sell Ethiopian opal and out of hundreds sold only two ever dried and cracked. far far more aussie opal I have dealt with over my 50 years of cutting/ making/ selling fine gems. plus Ethiopian are far more durable..I know I dropped 10 onto cement ..twice .no visible damage.try that with aussie stones. great video by a master cutter here

@StraitClownin909 5 жыл бұрын

@@PulitzerOpal that was some awesome information you dropped there. Than you!!

@aliciareyes2444 6 жыл бұрын

This is insane and very cool to watch also.

@mojojer924 4 жыл бұрын

Great tips!!!!💯💯💯👍👍👍

@Rookie_Rockounding 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! That’s so interesting. Cool video hey, thanks for sharing the knowledge. I can honestly say I learnt something today! One step closer to not being a rookie haha!

@dpulitzer 6 жыл бұрын

I thought that more people would watch this one. 1st and only time that I have ever used time-lapse. Thanks for the comment!

@nicolewillis-opalessence4083 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@versailshorts Жыл бұрын

I like the music!

@mustafadeva 3 жыл бұрын

I also have the exact same stone. Ethiopian opal stone and a beautiful ring

@idonthaveaname42 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@sagittariusque8932 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@debbiefrierson3452 5 жыл бұрын

I love this opal

@maryellenhannigan8234 3 жыл бұрын

For how long were the opals in the water? If I wear my ethiopian opal ring in the bath for a short time, will they become transparent like in the video?

@josephpecoul6532 3 жыл бұрын

I believe the true exercise is beauty is in the eye of the beholder

@robertlunsford1350 5 жыл бұрын

Is there a quality or durability issue from this?

@mishima4u 4 жыл бұрын

Great video what song is this please

@gemologistakashsinghal417 3 жыл бұрын

Sir my opal is turned to yellow...but not returning to white again

@javelinnia3203 3 жыл бұрын

Can we lock the water inside opals? Like cover them in smth

@karenkspitzrdesigns 3 жыл бұрын

Which is more expensive if the color and cut are the same?

@CHANDERRANNAGHOR 4 жыл бұрын

What would be the price of these opals?

@Sky-8646 5 жыл бұрын

Which is better?

@dougi1967 6 жыл бұрын

That was definitely cool. What gives the Ethiopian opals their porosity? It must be visible under magnification, right?

@dougi1967 6 жыл бұрын

Pulitzer Opal I am looking forward to all future posts. :) Just an FYI. I attended the Ventura CA gem and mineral show this weekend and was awestruck when I stumbled across Idaho Opal. I bet you know a lot about it but I didn't. So I asked the nice lady how the mine was founded. She said a couple that got lost hiking stumbled onto it. Can you believe their luck?!

@kandot2008 4 жыл бұрын

@@PulitzerOpal Indonesia have lots of opals deposit including the famous Precious Banten opal...they are cheaper to get local Banten than the expensive raw of Ethiopian. It is easy to see welo vs Banten, observe the hydrophane properties..White welo turn transparent very quick in water but white banten not

@queenmab1999 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow that is the weirdest thing!! Are the hollow??? Where does the water go inside the gem??

@dayaguptavlogs1771 5 ай бұрын

Very nice, plz help by making videos on emerald ( Brazil, Zambian, Columbia) Yellow /Blue Sapphire(Bangkok, Columbia) Pearls, Diamond, Ruby etc...

@PulitzerOpal 5 ай бұрын

I have a general video in which I talk about emeralds, sapphire, Ruby, pearl and others. It is probably not as detailed as you seem to be interested in. Decide for yourself: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bsp1oa51ptq7c2g.html

@fricky11111 6 жыл бұрын

are Australian opals reverse hydrophane? or is that just a term without a meaning?

@hws98749 3 жыл бұрын

What is reverse hydrofan?

@manikbhaduri9006 3 жыл бұрын

my need

@fahadmalik857 5 жыл бұрын

Price opal greem stone

@SALIMKHAN-rg5ph 5 жыл бұрын

👌✌️💪

@fahadmalik857 5 жыл бұрын

Super wate opal price pelees

@peacockpeacock6093 5 жыл бұрын

Which one is more expensive, Ethiopian or Australian?

@StraitClownin909 5 жыл бұрын

Only cause ethiopian mines were just discovered a decade ago and are pumping out tons of beautiful opals... For now!

@hws98749 3 жыл бұрын

@@StraitClownin909 so?

@mamooudagha62 Жыл бұрын

لانك.ما.سامحتي

@rockford150 4 жыл бұрын

Opal turned yellow how do I turn it back?!

@Isabel-sg2eu 3 жыл бұрын

@@PulitzerOpal my Ethiopian opal is yellow in colour but when exposed to water it goes cloudy white 🤷🏼‍♀️

@KIRALYW 4 жыл бұрын

Isn’t that interesting. I wonder what causes the different types of opal to do that? Was it climate related or the type of rock it’s found in. I want to know why this occurs coz I’m so intrigued by this.

@KIRALYW 4 жыл бұрын

Pulitzer Opal there could be a university that has one that you could use. They might find that an interesting thing to look at. Geologists would be interested. Start talking politics & you’ll bore me mate. I’m intrigued by this.

@mamooudagha62 Жыл бұрын

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@dragonfox2.058 Жыл бұрын

you don't want to do that too often either

@mamooudagha62 Жыл бұрын

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@mamooudagha62 Жыл бұрын

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@jennienshaneopals291 3 жыл бұрын

😎

@mamooudagha62 Жыл бұрын

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@mamooudagha62 Жыл бұрын

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@mamooudagha62 Жыл бұрын

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@bretts1 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for video. I recall old books saying not to put opals in safe or they dry out and lose color. My seller told me real Australian opals would not have that problem. I had some cut and rough stored in safes since 2006 and pulled some cut ones out and no problems colors still bright. Is this what caused the myth? Or have I been lucky. Materials I seen miners pull out of ground on videos from Australia appears dry on videos. Never been there, is this video to dispel myth? Be crazy to have jewelry one had to store in water.

@bretts1 6 жыл бұрын

Pulitzer Opal Thank you Sir for the detailed response. Be bad news after all that work and expense to have a piece of Opal JewelryCrack or expensive rough crack up. Matt that I bought the rough from I also bought the awesome pendant that he was wearing. He told me the best thing to do with opal jewelry was to wear it and for the pendant shower with it on. I again thank u. There's a video on KZfaq i watched a while back this huge solid color uncut opal that was something? Like 500 + carats that had been stored in a safe in Illinois seems like 53 years. Almost was lost to time. Thank Y for the detailed reply.

@mamooudagha62 Жыл бұрын

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