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Thanks I appreciate all the input I recieved from all the members whom took the time out of their day to give me some pointers

Thank you for the response opalspectrum I have gone and done exactly as you showed and another long-time opal cutter described pretty much the exactly the same. It turned out all right and it's a good thing. I didn't try to chase the veil off the face because I cut it and it was solid potch between ...

Hello all was cutting some opal again today and I cut this little guy. 1.7 carats and I believe it has dendrites in it and I've never seen it in Australian Opal. Or am I just sheltered? Lol
any feedback would be appreciated

Thank you. Swordfish and Pink diamond for giving me a little bit information. I maybe didn't state what I meant. Clearly it's not a super thin color bar. It is on one edge only but I'm just losing a lot of weight by sanding on this gem I spent most of last night cleaning it up as much as I could bu...

Hello all, just Craig here. I was digging through some opal that I purchased quite sometime back. I'm not even certain where it's from other than Australia lol. It's one of the nicest opals I've ever cut, except it has a cloud over the top of some extremely bright color with a nice dark grey backgro...