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HomesBy Alex ...50 years of cutting...buying..selling opal. Aussie stones overpriced. I do not even look at them anymore.

I am from Ethiopia I have different types of gemstone ...if want inbox me

Only reason I’m here

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Shit... i bought one after that movie lol. Took me 1 month to get it. Not worth a million dollars, but still bad ass.

@@joeyrivera576 What movie?

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Yoga Sound Healing No problem, it is a wonderful gem that is very available at this time! You can see our large selection of custom cut opals online at www.moregems.com/loose-cut-gemstones/opal-loose-gemstones.html. All of our precision cutting is done in-house.

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If you neet it i have on hand gays

Im new to opal I started with Ethiopian opal and I've been struggling to buy it on bulk but I paid like 24 dollars for 3 unpolished rough opal and for my first time polishing opal by hand to they turned out amazing there's a lot of scammers for Ethiopian opal rite now it seems

I have a half an egg size opal which has a stone in it

How do I enter the business? What kind machines are required?

Hello.. sebil I have different types of gemstone if u want inbox me

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We do too Melissa Beckwith! Well if you need any more, visit our opal selection at www.moregems.com/--1?limit=all !

Melissa Beckwith Bom dia mulher linda e maravilhosa gata demas você é top! meu amor!

Young lady, please take them to a registered trusted jeweller and keep a stiff upper lip. They do look great, but what my jeweller showed me about a real opal and what I received , well my lip was trembling.

MoreGems.com which do you recommend? My son is 6 and wants to be an archeologist, he's been to pyramids around Mexico. And collects rocks from anywhere he goes. Thank you

Z2FAST I’m having trouble understanding the difference and definitions of Hydrophane and Non-Hydrophane opals. If the definition of Hydrophane means “water loving” then why does non-hydrophane opal crack upon drying out? If it was truly non-hydrophane, wouldn’t it resist soaking water, and not have crazing or cracking issues upon drying out? This is what confuses me. If it’s non-hydrophane, then there shouldn’t be any crazing issues, because the definition of non-hydrophane is to resist water, not absorb it.

well said

true toby the detail of lightning ridge opal is unmatched...all welo opal has a sort of translucent effect...it looks "unreal" or dreamy.. where as lightning ridge is real and sharp as it gets. also very tough to crack while on the wheel...I think the drop test for welo is so good because it is a lot lighter, but I cannot tell you many I have cracked. my only problem is where to buy rough... lightning ridge rough is so hard to find. welo I can at least still get my hands on, but even then I feel like im still a few rungs down the supply chain. what's the next opal craze? I want in, give me the rough its all I dream about xD

@@galaxyartstone very simple no hydrophane seem to lose water thats what makes opal craze, not absorbing water, i have bought welo since 2010 and not a single opal crazed over the years

@@jamesanagnos6123 It is fairly easy to see the difference between gem grade and specimen grade Welo opals after looking at so many over the years. I made a bad gamble recently on some transparent “Mexican Contraluz” opals going around. Yeah, they craze. I’ve been all through Ethiopian, Brazilian, Australian, and now Mexican opals. The Mexican fire opals are excellent though, I do say 100%. I just really wish someone would’ve warned me about those transparent “Mexican Contraluz” opals. No bueno!

Find any you like Murray Donovan ? You can also see more of our opal jewelry online at our sister website www.OpalLust.com, which is dedicated to our loose opals and opal jewelry.

You can see our selection of top quality opals on our website here: www.moregems.com/collections/ethiopian-welo-opal-gemstones

These opals can be difficult to photograph, but it just takes some playing around with the lighting.

Against a black background the translucent welo opal shine it's best.... 😉💎

Hi Danielle, I do believe we have some 6mm round (& possibly 8mm) cabbed Ethiopian Opal earrings. Please email our Sales staff at MoriartysGemArtStore@gmail.com . They can get you the pricing and email you some images of what we have available. If we don't have any set up at the moment, I know that we do have quite a few loose 6mm rounds that could be set up into earrings for you. Thanks for contacting us.

Visit www.OpalLust.com

Reincarnation I don’t think anyone knows. My guess is it will last for years but again you never really know with mining . Investment can be realized from a gem running out or getting rare or from the market growing, which in my experience growth is happening. Buy top quality and your odds of realizing an increase in value are good.

The availability of opal at the Tucson Show was significantly less than the year before.

Steven Letheby if I wasn't a dialysis patient and suffer with a spinal cord injury and had lots of money, I'd be there in a heartbeat! I love Aussie opal extremely. I win a few auctions, but I can't afford the real nice stuff like pipewood, black and Andamooka and Bellmore. I love the boulder because it's beautiful and in my price range. Gosh I hope that I get lucky and win some of the finer material. My favorite is Aussie pink diamond, but I can't afford to buy it either LOL! Opal has the fire and brilliance of diamond and affordable! Thank you Australia Welo and Indonesia wood fossil for my precious stones. God's Glory for sure!

Steven Letheby any images plz

"..........this opal is superior to any from Australia !" (BTW I got a bunch cheap and I'd like to sell it for a fortune). Steve, if you need a laugh, check out Oregon fire opal. You wouldn't chuck it at a cat.

Steven Letheby It’s all about price for me. High quality at an affordable price.

@@Moregems Go Ethiopian opal gang!

They are out there, we don't have any available, but have seen many.

Actually whilst I disagree with his pricing and some of his opinion. He is not the only one to say Ethiopian Opal is better than Australian, even some Australians are say the same. It is tougher than Australian Opal and does have fantastic colour play.

@@mikecaleta9757 just don’t forget to take it off in the shower! I guess it is all subjective anyway. I know what I would rather have, Lightning Ridge Black Opal any day.

kalkidan molla Jesus yes God knew what he was doing when he made gemstones and precious metals. The greatest creation was Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior that our sin may be forgiven.

Black brings out the colors with these most are transparent and are nearly colorless with a white background.

Hello friend...I am from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 if u want I have different types of gemstone 💎..& different colour opal

HI dear ,My name is Mekasha Kassaw I am from wello Ethiopia,if you are interested in ethiopian opals my company wag cannan precious stones cutting decorating and exploring plc. can supply whether rough or polished opal and other gemstones.

I am in ethiopia ,contact me for source of most beautiful finds

I am in ethiopia ,contact me for source of most beautiful finds

get in Our shop is in Northwest Indiana (Near Chicago) and we get some pretty harsh winters and haven't had any issues with cracking or crazing with a finished stone. I suppose if an Ethiopian opal is saturated with water, then you wore it outside in a cold climate, there then could be a possibility of some issues. Otherwise, they are stable and we haven't had any issues due to a cold climate.

No sorry

I just cut opals for both my son and myself. We are making rings even though it is a little risky. Pendant would be safer. My son wears a bi color tourmaline crystal as a pendant. Tourmalines come in all colors and are more wearable than opal as a ring. We just purchased a watermelon tourmaline slice that is fairly large and of very nice quality. Will likely be on my sons website soon. “Mineralmike.com

@@Moregems l Thank you very much for that information I will talk to my jeweler

Happy October Birthday! Visit us online at www.MoreGems.com and pick out a birthstone for yourself! ;)

mine too that's the only reason im here to pick out some nice jewelry with my birthstone

not really, its better to keep them out but make sure not to expose them to any liquids :)

@@oliviagamingsk2442 thanks

yes we have rough and finished

We have not had the same experience you’re having. Crazing has not been an issue for us. We do not work with the non hydrophane, they are not stable.

@@Moregems very professional video btw always fun to watch skilled professionals✌️I'm a long time semipro lol, I used to cab only agates and common quartz(s) etc with my dad who was a real lapidary artist. I've always eyed opal but because Australian opal was way too expensive as a teen and young adult I've stuck to labradorite and such... Skip a couple years and we discovered very cheap Shewa nuts but it was cracking just by looking at it, nonetheless I managed to get some nice stones and priceless was the learning experience with such finicky material! When then discovered welo ridge I was one of the first to buy parcels. Way better but the hydrophane ones are still very finicky; good yield but I've been deceived by its stability more than less, I got my hands on some nice chunks of darker non-hydrophane crystal 🥰😊 but I didn't do anything with it yet; I was unsure if I'd kept them as specimens or not. The mineral collector dilemma... Cheers I subscribed that's for sure (;

@@LaurentiusTriarius The hydrophane opal, if it cracks, happens right after we cut it when it is drying out. After that we will recut and not have that same issue again. We’ve had many of these hydrophane Opals for years and still look great and no crazing issues. The crystal (real clear colorful stuff) non hydrophane opal, on the other hand, we have had many issues with and do not cut it any more. We had one that was fine for about 6-8months, then started to craze. We just sell these as specimens in water globes now.

Dude dont know what hes talking about. Trying to sell stuff he dont even know reading from a q card cant evee speak his own words

i live near the mountin its just one mountain and the cave collapsed recently with miners inside are dead , its so bad 1 mountain for the whole world makes it rare also the color makes it rare aussie

@librarypub4670 , I am in Canada and only started getting interested in opal after watching some videos about people collecting rocks and fossils. I will have to read more about it. I didn't know about a cave in. There's not much that I do know about any of this, but I have been collecting small chips and little bits of opal from Australia and Ethiopia. The Ethiopian opal is very beautiful but very fragile, some of it you have to keep in water or it cracks up and others lose their colour if they get wet and they can crack if they dry too quickly, but they will get the colour back when they dry. It's very beautiful and very interesting too.

The Bakers Are you getting them wet. Washing hands?

Ethiopian opals soak in water and turn clear. In time they will dry back to their original state. Remove your ring when you wash your hands or shower. Also be careful with kther chenicals or cleaners as the opal can soak in those liquids and could ruin the stone.

Beautiful

Simply put No.

Yes, in store we do. We would need the piece to appraise it.

My prices have come down. They were new for me 10 years ago and I thought they were amazing and priced them closer to Australia opals. Found I had to compete with other Ethiopian opals so I lowered my price.

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Edward Zhang so do most women, but we tolerate them too...

Edward Zhang they are smoked and not as likely to craze. Best wishes for you

GemsAmerica, unfortunately we do not do any outside cutting work. We created the following video if you want to see how to cab them yourself: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i61_hcJhsdOqj2g.html - You will need the equipment, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

RogersGems send them to a lapidary

fadi jawad $50-150 per carat

@@Moregems do u have any site that sales mid price rings with those stones?

There is a type called hydropane , there is a reverse one here that needs to be kept in water to retain the color thats super beautiful too

Most of the raw stones are bought by India where the cutting is done for cheap labor prices.

Not currently.

24 grams would be too big.. However I have 15 cts to 20 cts.

Sorry, but I don't understand your question.

If you need opals we cut them

And Virgin Valley black opal looks even more beautiful than either Ethiopian OR Australian. Wanna see what it looks like? I mined some myself!

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+FailGirlGamer We would not recommend showering or bathing with it on. It won't hurt the opal, it just may cause the opal to go milky for a few days (depending on the opal). Once it dries out, the color will return to its natural beauty. The hydrophane characteristic is different in each gem, some absorb water faster than others. If you do plan on showering with it on, limited soaps should be okay around the opal, but avoid any oils or dyes that may come in contact with it.

+FailGirlGamer You should take it off though.

I learned that the hard way. Didn't know about the hydrophane characteristics and with the exception of a small circle in the center the opal is now completely transparent. Uggg... live and learn.

FailGirlGamer , actually, if you like your jewelry, its a good idea to not wear it when showering, swimming, doing dishes, etc. Jewelers love women who do the dishes wearing their wedding rings.

Dennis Hastings The only time this material from Welo is fracture prone is during the cutting processes. After cutting it is rare to fracture. Material from Mazzeso in Ethiopia is another story as it is unstable.

The only time this material from Welo is fracture prone is during the cutting processes. After cutting it is rare to fracture. Material from Mazzeso in Ethiopia is another story as it is unstable.

They choose to do it. They love it. And they get paid well. A lot of them feed their families soley mining opals, but a lot of them also do this as a side job for extra income. They dont like it when people complain for them about the working condition because they fear it will put them out of work if enough people complain. They dont want to stop mining opals, they enjoy it. Oh and a lot of them work for themselves and not some mining corporation, and they take what they find to huge markets and sell them for their own profits as well as selling online. This is no different than the miners we have here, except location. They work in similar conditions and they choose to work in mining because they want to and do it because there is big money involved. My evidence is anecdotal, but straight from a miner there who also speaks for every one of his fellow opal miners as well. I buy opal straight from him and his friends and talk to me all the time about how worried they are that there might be regulation put in place that could lessen the amount of work they can perform, which lessens their amount of opal they can mine, which lesse s the amount of money they could make. Some are hearing rumors that they might be put out of work entirely because ofthe possibility of having a mandatory license to be able to mine their own opals etc. Please, i urge you to actually talk to the people doing the work before automatically assuming they are being enslaved or forced to work in bad conditions etc. It will just spread the false narrative more and will lead to heavy regulations they didnt ask for and could put a lot of these people out of a means to provide for their families.

If you actually go down in the comments, you will see quite a few of these people telling everyone how happy they are about the boom in thr opal buisness etc.

John H It’s as real as it gets and if you don’t like milky Ethiopian is the right opal for you.

The top end of Ethiopian is amazing and a bargain.

SunRise SunRise There are tons of low to medium quality Welo opal on the market at very reasonable prices but the finest material is of limited availability and commands higher prices. I choose to deal in finer material that commandsprices in the. $50 to $90 per carat and somThere are tons of low to medium quality Welo opal on the market at very reasonable prices but the finest material is of limited availability and commands higher prices. I choose to deal in finer material that commands prices in the. $50 to $90 per carat and sometimes even higher for extra ordinarily specimens

SunRise SunRise There are tons of low to medium quality Welo opal on the market at very reasonable prices but the finest material is of limited availability and commands higher prices. I choose to deal in finer material that commandsprices in the. $50 to $90 per carat and somThere are tons of low to medium quality Welo opal on the market at very reasonable prices but the finest material is of limited availability and commands higher prices. I choose to deal in finer material that commands prices in the. $50 to $90 per carat and sometimes even higher for extra ordinarily specimens

r Negoro Preheated?

wrong.

Complete and utter rubbish.