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Gramz says yay new one

I reckon not slicing was the correct choice, looked like a dicy slice to maybe end up with a sliver.

جوانی وڕەنگەکانی ئەرز وئاسمانمان لەو بەردەدا بەدی کرد بەهۆی ئەو دەستە ڕەنگینانەوە

Beautiful stone Justin. As far as slicing off the top blue color. As I was looking at the color bars I thought they domed up in the center so trying to slice in to two bars was a big risk in my mind. I feel you made the right choice.

Irish spring😊

Very nice stones but that black spec in the big one was driving my OCD brain crazy….

I do very much like watching you shaping up your opal, and one more question, why do you call it slicing and not cutting it. Looks like cutting it into two pieces is cutting. Thanks

Why do you guys call it cutting, when all you do is grind the stones. It’s grinding

Beautiful

It’s always hard to watch pretty color be ground off even when hoping for something better .

It has every colour except black 😳

... speaking of your son - how's his back doing? 🙂 Nice content as always...

Love this stone as it is ❤

When you showed them altogether, it was very pretty. They could all go into the same piece together

It's really unbelievable how much the polishing brings out the colour of opal. Beautiful stones, more than I imagined they would be.

I think you made the right choice Justin the blue would of been way too thin the stone turned out amazing great job as always .

❤❤❤❤❤love love love love love black opal

Yeah, you coulda' sliced off a bit of fine stone from the higher layers of that and got some extra, but the REAL prize was always going to be that deep color bar that gave you the large stone. The waste was only a few hundred dollars extra, and really wasn't even worth your time, imo. You got the best out of it by far. I wonder though if it would have been worth it to take that side in and remove that black spot, or it was worth more for a bigger stone and to leave it in?

Woe that had me on the edge of my seat. How beautiful!

Hey Justin, great video yet again. I got to say, your sound design and soundtracking has really become standout in your last few videos. It really help the story shine!

Good decision Better to have a sure thing

I loved the video, until the end saying to see the value, go to the blog. I don't read blogs. I like the value of the opals in the video. Bummer, because they were beautiful gems.

I find this mesmerising every time.

I think you made a good decision. That top color bar really didn't look that great. The two gems you ended up with are really nice.

Your old shop is nice, organized. But your new gem lab is pretty incredible. Thanks for being so informative about opal and your process towards cutting.

The production value in these videos is superb. Great work. Also go big or go home! Great to see a true professional go so effortlessly into such a big stone shows your deep experience. Looking forward to the unfolding stories.

28:16 Aren’t you excited at the prospect of money? Yeah, mate, you ‘won’ against Nature and its beauty. Congratulations.

😍💎 Awesome 💎😍

0:56 I would have just given a form to the unassuming grey- ish stone layer, not take it off completely. For me, that’s a whole world. It’s like going on an exploration in a cave and finding a whole world there, like a sunrise. I would have kept it and peered into it in different lights. I bet that it would have revealed many colours inside. You are very skilled but the end product as an idea is boring and a violation of beauty for human vanity and money. Every stone encapsulates a story, a fragment of a bigger story. There are reasons for which certain stones and crystals are where- and how- they are. They should be admired, not killed.

Piękna praca i super że udało się zachować duży kamień

0:39 It looks like a spaceship 😃

How much price opal

My heart broke a little when you cut it off to be honest. I thought “I’d have loved to have cut that”.

That is an absolute pearler mate, well bloody done!!!

Bird in the hand

We can see it

Don't know if it's the "Sexiest" black opal ever, but it's name is absolutely on Victoria's Secrets rolodex.

Oh gosh you ate into that 😢 Dam. Stunning 😍

Cutting machine

We're are places that something like this could come across if they wanted to go look.....

Would you devalue it if you were to put a gem in the hole?

You had a nice interesting hexagon going there, and then you turned it into yet another boring oval, plus wasted a lot of good color. Get more creative!

I love the little freckle in the large one. Adds a touch of something extra to it. ❤

I was thinking to myself slice the top off, why doesn't Justin slice it ? No Justin, you do not make mistakes because you carry forward all those very precious lessons because you are a Master Opal Cutter and a fabulous human. Thank you for letting us into your world. It's tranquil, meditative, exceptionally skilled, very beautiful opals and videos that do justice to Australian Opals.

Chunky for a Punky

I would have tried to cut the top off...if it didn't work...no problem. BUT c'est la vie, it is an amazing stone! Wow! Do you ever finish polishing the bottom of the stone even though it is potch?

You probably could've sliced off the top for an extra bit of goodness, but I would've made the same decision as you made, it was right on the edge of being to thin of a cut line (potch separation line) and risk losing the main gem. Great decision my friend!😉😎🤘👍