345g Opal Found While Rockhounding in Oregon | Oregon Fire Opal

Massive Fire Opal Found in Oregon. I found an incredible Fire Opal while visiting the Red October 2 mine! What a great place to rockhound. It has plenty of space for camping.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Massive Fire Opal Found in Oregon. I found an incredible Fire Opal while visiting the Red October 2 mine! What a great place to rockhound. It has plenty of space for camping.

[@RockHoundQuest]

Very cool!

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

WHEN OPAL HAS NO PLAY OF COLOR, I CONSIDERED IT TO BE nothing. Opal suppose to have play of color.

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@RockHoundQuest]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheRogueRockhound]

That was a pretty wicked chunk man, NJ

[@RockHoundQuest]

I'm really stoked about it!

[@otj936]

Loved your video.

[@RockHoundQuest]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@keithcunningham7925]

Awesome that opal is beautiful

[@RockHoundQuest]

Thanks, I'm pretty happy about it!

[@ronnieb5468]

Hi friend ,just noticed ur vid, congrats on ur finds ,anyway ..I was wondering if u ever thought of scoring the waste rock with break away lines around ur target materials . I am not suggesting going balz deep and possibly damaging the good stuff , just 1/4 in. To 1/2 deep score lines ... Idk maybe u already did and have a good reason not to , But if not there is some food for thought .good luck

[@mikehunt8375]

Id bring a couple battery powered rotary tools with me. You grind that out way faster and cause no damage.

[@RockHoundQuest]

Absolutely! The owner uses power tools, which helps them find some really good stuff. I've been thinking that eventually, I'll have to grab some power tools too. It seems like they can be a game-changer for rockhounding. I haven't needed them much, since most of my hounding is on public land.

[@Oregontrailblazin]

Sick!!

[@RockHoundQuest]

I got lucky with this one!

[@timothynechville8326]

Where is the opalescent?

[@kevadonis]

whats that worth? just curious about a guesstimate. often thought of doing it.

[@RockHoundQuest]

I've heard it could go for around 50 cents a gram, but the actual value depends on factors like color and clarity. Given that it's a large solid chunk, it might fetch even more. Personally, I plan on keeping it as a specimen piece.

[@franklotito468]

I dont get the whole "night dig" thing. Slips, trips, and falls are more commonplace; constantly working in the shadows of your lights, and with reduced overall light to see.

[@RockHoundQuest]

It's definitely not ideal to dig at night. This particular time I was really excited but arrived late. I only planned to poke around for 5 or 10 minutes. Instead, I got incredibly lucky and found something amazing almost instantly. It was the first place I looked! The next day we dug for around 8 hours but didn't find anything nearly as good.

[@garetkonigsfeld2]

Does the organ fire opal crack when it drys like African opals? Or is it stable ?

[@RockHoundQuest]

It is stable enough to work, but yes, it does craze if you dry it too fast.

[@MACorrupt]

Awesome why don’t you try sander or sand paper on some of those thin layers of matrix to expose all the opal

[@RockHoundQuest]

The first one I'm going to try and clean it up with a flat lap, the second one I thought about using a rotary tool.

[@MACorrupt]

@@RockHoundQuest I know you know what you’re doing, just a suggestion thank you for sharing your adventures🩶🛠️

[@RockHoundQuest]

Suggestions always appreciated! Thank you for joining the adventure, and I'll be sure to post updates on how the clean-up process goes.

[@MACorrupt]

@@RockHoundQuest 🙏🩶

[@jaratt85]

I don't call that rock hounding.. rock hounding is walking along a trail picking up any cool rocks you find.. This is just mining.

[@RockHoundQuest]

Fair enough, but I don't think of myself as a miner, since I only visit places like this once in a while. If you enjoy trail rockhounding, you might want to check out this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/emqwnHuur7qXhZo. In the video, we're hiking through the woods, and I even cut the rocks I found to get some good ones!

[@tarbinator88]

You work to close and the stress is realeased into the gem. Whats cracked or broke will always be that way although, Patience grasshopper dig into it further away from gem so you done take a chunk with it.