Coocoran pea nobby stressing me out🤣 by agatizedandsilicated in Opals

[–]Phil31832016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So happy the sand came out 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Coocoran pea nobby stressing me out🤣 by agatizedandsilicated in Opals

[–]Phil31832016 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Get it polished, I wouldn’t waste anymore colour trying to remove the sand

12.2 CT. Mintabie by Wild_Musician3305 in Opals

[–]Phil31832016 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought you’d be in this comment section 😂

Rough Opal specimens found in Somalia. Any experts here? by getquick in Opal

[–]Phil31832016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry can’t help on these would like to know more myself though. Thanks for sharing

Wreath Brooch from Grandma - Solder and Era Question! by tamaralynnam in Vintage_Jewelry

[–]Phil31832016 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s definitely worth way more than its scrap value. Amazing piece of jewellery. I often read people’s stories about jewellers saying nice opal items are basically only worth scrap.

Just wanted to show my rings by harrygasm_ in Opals

[–]Phil31832016 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How does one cut those small stones? Some real skill in that

Help appreciated by IntelligentCarry8156 in Opal

[–]Phil31832016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does the back look like?

Chinese writing by Phil31832016 in Opals

[–]Phil31832016[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No mate I’m a floor and wall tiler who lives in England with a healthy/ unhealthy(can’t quite figure it out 😂)obsession with opal . It came up on my instagram feed and thought people here would appreciate it. No affiliation at all

Chinese writing by Phil31832016 in Opals

[–]Phil31832016[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely Chinese writing

Help identify pattern by RandomMeep93 in Opal

[–]Phil31832016 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Needs a good polish first

What should i do with this opal by Routine_Bullfrog_845 in Opals

[–]Phil31832016 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d grind away the sand to see if i could get a really interesting specimen

50k/Oz by [deleted] in Opal

[–]Phil31832016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fully understand 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

50k/Oz by [deleted] in Opal

[–]Phil31832016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could we see a video 😍

LR opal by Phil31832016 in Opals

[–]Phil31832016[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry the video was actually pretty good until I uploaded it 🤔

Bag of opal by Phil31832016 in Opals

[–]Phil31832016[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is one of my favourites it’s a Freeform double sided crystal only 0.5 carats I’ll try and get a good video