May i brag ? will you brag with me ?

[PinkDiamond]

Beautiful, Rock! And I love that Shewa Nili. I don't have any Shewas, but hopefully someday I'll find one I can't live without for my collection. As for how long it took to cut the first one, I went excruciatingly slowly because I knew it was so thin it could break at only 1.5mm, and I only worked on it for a couple of hours each night so I'd say it took a good 2 weeks before I gave up and called it finished. Also, the polish leaves a lot to be desired, but I decided not to fool with it anymore and left it as I left it for the contest.

Dien ran the last contest we had, and he supplied the rough, and I got a piece of belemnite that was awesome to cut, but so fragile to work, and 1/4 to 1/3 of it broke off, and I finished both, but the larger piece came out better in the photos so I'll show you that one too.

[kjsspot]

I adore Shewa! Unfortunately it's hard to find stable pieces. They exist, just not a lot. I had an utterly GORGEOUS chocolate shewa. Unfortunately it was at the beginning of my opal journey and I didn't know much about them. I ground off the rind and it crumbled to pieces.

As for my fav? Hmm... I don't know if I can pick just one...

[SwordfishMining]

I leave the rind on mine for support. I was told it greatly increases the chance of it holding together. The rest I bought and sell as rough for specimens within their price range.

[crazy8s]

Here's the photo you asked for Nili.

[kjsspot]

8s, that really is a NICE rock!

[crazy8s]

Thanks KJ, It's 1 inch x1/2 inch. And if the setting is crooked it's because the opal is.

[kjsspot]

Gotta follow the stone!

[crazy8s]

TY

[Nili]

Rockranger1 they are amazingly beautiful !!!!!!!!

[Nili]

crazy8s : Thank you , i thught thats what he / she did , good job love the opal... naturaly

kjsspot : i feel your pain , my 1st shewa was when they were just found no one knew basicly anything , how to handell what to avoid etc. so yes that 1 brock But it got me curious , in Israel we have a very larg comunity of ethiopians and some had at that time lots of shewa ( well 2 i meet ) also at that time peopal could bring with them the opals .. i think i was lucky . some of the shewa i have have cracks some don't ,some , actualy the one in the photo has a carck you can see, what you don't see is that it is fild with colors , i just coulden't capture that ,
for me a closed shewa is an adventure what might i find inside <lol> i gess that's what i love about them.

Pink only 2 week !?! that's such a wounderfull job you did ther .. i hope to try it asap i'm just scerd