OPAL: October Birthstone

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Re: OPAL: October Birthstone

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thanks Pink :)
approx 3.8ct / 11x20mm
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Thats a nice looking carving. I thought it was commercial at first. I sold a claim to the owner of Cosmic Opal and he always shared pics of Ethiopian opals on his social media pages. Like in my early opal selling career when i ran across the boulder opal carvings for the first time, I appreciate skill added to valuable materials. I think my brother still has one Indian chief out of them. I'd rather pick out my buys from individually wrapped than a pour from a gallon ziplock even if the profit margin is much lower. Hard to make a nickle out of your collection LOL.
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:shock: :o :o :o :D
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:D yes it is opal commercial LOL

I didn't plan to carve the leaf and I didn't know him but just saw that he indeed makes mostly leaves and fishes - cool :)
> in my case the rough had this shape and I saw the leaf in the stone ;) plus the fire was quite cool with the green-orange colors and rolling flash so it was perfect for it 8-)
I have some other carvings going on but I'm too busy to finish them - they take too much time and I need to get some more bits and stuff :roll:
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