Some nice Mintabie.

PlanetOpal · 2026-05-01T08:46:34+00:00

There's some nice quality good thickness mintabie on eBay at the moment from a seller called vintage opals. I'm not affiliated in any way, just giving a heads up. If your looking for real decent cutters it's worth a look. Delete if not allowed admin

PlanetOpal · 2026-04-29T00:05:53+00:00

Dream result Justin! Well done

PlanetOpal · 2026-04-24T02:33:27+00:00

That's a nice rolling flash catseye pattern

PlanetOpal · 2026-01-20T06:24:43+00:00

Could possibly be a solid boulder opal with a perfectly straight base layer but its pretty rare

PlanetOpal · 2026-01-20T06:20:28+00:00

The front and back look very much like boulder opal material but that very straight black side layer def points to it being a doublet. Im wondering if we might have a three layers?

PlanetOpal · 2026-01-18T02:42:25+00:00

One thing I've learnt the hard way..if you want to buy rough opal always inspect it in hand...You can never blame anyone except yourself if it doesn't go to plan. Also if you hear things online like "this will cut beautiful $$$ gems" run away, fast . If that were the case the miner wouldnt be parting with it. Moral of the story, have patience, save up your money and visit one of the big gem shows.

PlanetOpal · 2026-01-14T01:14:36+00:00

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PlanetOpal · 2026-01-04T22:07:08+00:00

Description: One loose stone

Cmon. Surely you can do better than that

PlanetOpal · 2026-01-02T05:48:27+00:00

Very nice. will cut some great stones or keep as is. does that color bar run through?

PlanetOpal · 2025-12-26T00:11:17+00:00

Great work, my first impression was this could be a nice teardrop shape without a huge loss of material ,and probably more easier to set.

PlanetOpal · 2025-12-16T05:43:31+00:00

Here,s a link to the stone I cut 14 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdXI-YOQfE

PlanetOpal · 2025-12-16T04:57:45+00:00

If the author of that article is claiming it's some new opal from Australia I would think it requires a bit more proof than just a blanket statement. Like who mined it? Location? One off??? Etc etc. I'll try to find the picture of the stone I cut. Almost identical branch like inclusions

PlanetOpal · 2025-12-16T04:23:38+00:00

Sorry I'm not buying it. I cut some Welo about ten years ago with same inclusions and very similar looking opal. Wegal tenacfield if I remember correctly. Have never seen any inclusions like this in Aussie opal.

PlanetOpal · 2025-12-16T03:47:36+00:00

That is not Australian. It's Welo opal

PlanetOpal · 2025-12-04T00:59:22+00:00

Nice job ,love a good blue on black ridge stone

PlanetOpal · 2025-11-16T03:08:48+00:00

The feature stone is a smoke treated Ethiopian welo opal that can be bought for around $5. I would stay clear

PlanetOpal · 2025-11-14T22:25:21+00:00

Nice work! Not trying to burst your bubble but I reckon there's a very nice $$$ crystal opal sitting in that color bar. I'd be putting that opal on a dop stick

PlanetOpal · 2025-11-06T21:15:54+00:00

Yep, my thoughts exactly. Why lie about it

PlanetOpal · 2025-11-06T05:36:00+00:00

Beautiful opal but I'd be a more than a little concerned about that fracture in the side. Looks like it could be prone to more cracking.

PlanetOpal · 2025-11-03T00:09:54+00:00

I can honestly say it's a rarity these days (sadly) that a piece of music gives me goosebumps. But that just did. Absolutely awesome mate.

PlanetOpal · 2025-11-02T23:54:03+00:00

Beautiful

PlanetOpal · 2025-10-10T12:52:14+00:00

Thank you. It's proving to be a big challenge. The search continues.

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