BATTLE! Black Opal vs. White Opal [Head-to-Head]

In this video, I cut both light and black Lightning Ridge seam opal to produce colorful opal cabochons. Good in formation on cutting techniques and explanations as to how these methods work.
Table of Contents:
00:12 - Black Opal rough
00:30 - Warning!
01:19 - Black opal from ASO opals
02:22 - Sheila appears
03:35 - Hopper the kitten
04:30 - Cutting Black opal
04:52 - Lightning Ridge light seam opal from Riley Gunn
06:24 - Slicing seam opal
07:24 - Zuck the Robot
08:30 - Cutting light opal
09:27 - Zuck goes wild
09:55 - Using flat lap on bottom of cabochon
10:48 - Final Stones
11:41 - Giveaway winners
12:00 - New Giveaway
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[@cweave02]

Congrats to the winners. Something you don't know is that I love opals more than diamonds.

[@angelfrankenfine]

same. nothing even comes close! I used to live in Alaska and opal reminds me so much of the aurora borealis. beautiful

[@Skibberation]

Wonderful video as always, gorgeous stones! Fun fact, infants have almost 100 more bones than adults do; a bunch of them merge together over time. I think that's pretty neat

[@thesameriffbutslower]

Zuck is absolutley wild lol. Did you know that Opalholism is often hereditary? It is passed down from uncle to nephew in multigenerational families. Guess that means the rumors are true, you must be my uncle. Right? - Nephew

[@janetross1900]

My Dad, how I miss him, kept a little vile of several types of opal in some sort of solution, (water or oil?) in the top drawer of his dresser. He showed it to me a few times and told me the types of opals that they were. I was only about six years old but I was mesmerized and smitten with them. Opal is also my birthstone. Every once in a while I would take them out and look at them. When I was a teenager he bought an opal and worked on it to make an odd shaped pendant for me. We had so many things in common. I miss that old dude❣️

[@ebybbob]

Hats off to your visual graphics department! Really loving those informative graphics 😀😃🙂

[@Olmer33]

You are great man with great sense of humor, really like to watch your videos - keep it up!

[@rockhoundcustomjewelry]

Those earrings are going to be fire! I love your commentary while u work. It's the main reason I watch every video. Keep up the great work!

[@RoosKohn]

Here is something you don’t know my joy on the internet: Life is breath making harmonics that come to be and pass in awareness of time in lasting duration. And I like you but that you already know. Great video! Especially how your self confidence allows you to let Zuck mess around in your place. Awesome. Thanks and looking forward to your next cut. Bye Rose Kohn

[@RoosKohn]

@@PulitzerOpal I’m Rosie from Amsterdam. My stepfather is from nyc but he is a Greenwald

[@sandy-quimsrus]

Wow, loved all those pictures at the end, like opals, colourful.

[@timg6518]

Another fantastic video! I'll bet you didn't know that Les Paul invented the multitrack recorder

[@andygrice424]

That's a beautiful piece you're worked on.

[@DroppinJewelzz]

Don’t change a thing my love. I always get a laugh when I watch your videos 😁😁😁

[@bretts1]

Great video, those ear rings turned out awesome. That gem show would be right up my alley. Did you know you can do a livestream from the show and let us all see your vast knowledge of all the gems there?

[@sarahfisher6801]

I turned my friend and fellow opal enthusiast onto your channel. I know that he will enjoy your content and sense of humor as much as I do. :)

[@sarahfisher6801]

@@PulitzerOpal Oh he would definitely take it if I offered, lol. (Not meant to sound as dirty aqs it did, haha.)

[@clintstoner13680]

I think it's great how you communicate honestly about your stones. The one black stone definitely had a bit less color than the other one but I'm glad you kept them the same size instead of paring the better one down to make a smaller, more colorful pair. Also, the longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

[@syrenawhitefeathers8620]

OMGG! "Opalholism" Hello...I am an Opalholic...! When I lived in Honduras as a child, It was raining one afternoon and as I sat on the porch near the edge where I could watch the rain drip off the roof of our house, The sunlight was at just the right angle and it shone into the dirt where the rainwater was gathering and I immediately saw a huge flash of Bright Red and Green. I hopped down from the porch and picked it up. It was a Beauty! Honduran Fire Opal! about 20mm all the way around. Not very large but not just a tiny spec either. I gave it to my older brother to hold onto for me, and he still has it packed away in his jewelry box. Gonna get it back as soon as we move. I can't wait! But that is the one and only time in my life that I can say that I found an opal. I was 10 yrs old when I found it and knew nothing about gem hunting so I never thought to dig in the same spot to look for more. Wish I could go back there now and look for them. knowing what I know now. Lol!

[@dannyfromtexas5989]

Enjoy the videos very much. Did you know we used to find arrowheads near Livingston Tx as a kid in the 70’s.

[@easemailboxes]

You could do a great Tony Robbins impression. Beautiful stones. Thanks so much.

[@tracyasher3822]

Gorgeous arrowhead. Here's a fact you may not know: here in Washington State we have s stone not found anywhere else. It's called the Ellensburg Blue Agate. It ranges from almost a cornflower blue to a pale-ish blue, and it's found only in the Ellensburg area.

[@coryboatz4434]

Awesome results especially that last stone, love that broadflash!

[@darlene7461]

Just found your videos. Excited to learn how to work opals.

[@mattmcmullen1145]

I love watching your videos. Good comedy with the amazing opals… I live in Arizona and will be attending the Tucson show for sure.

[@ModernProspector]

Once you fall in love with gemstones it never let's you go. I can tell she's got a hold on you too. Thanks for sharing!

[@TexasBurningFlower]

I love your witty humor and knowledge. Thanks for the videos. May I email you, I need expertise regarding mex opal or agate...🤷‍♀️

[@thennowforever47]

You rhymed "The color bar Doesn't go this far" and Hopper is a Love you long time cat. Hysterical 🤣

[@markf5653]

Another wonderful video. You might not know that I am going to attend the Tucson show and look forward to seeing other Opal enthusiasts. Thanks for sharing your videos.

[@brendagaviscrossan5853]

Love your opals and your work. I am fan of 53 frogs too and I have about 20 tiny opals started(mostly sanded all by hand with sandpaper) because that's what I do. I make jewelry too. Also love your crazy sense of humor. Lol

[@Blood1UTUBE]

Another entertaining video. I bet you didn't know that robot "Robosen" is made of Aluminum allow, ABS+PC shell. What is Sheila wearing?

[@ColRubyDimplesManacha]

Zowie! That's some gorgeous opal! That arrowhead is a stunner too! Something you may not know is how hard I laughed at Zuck flailing out in front of Sheila!

[@shywatcher1961]

once again another very entertaining and enjoyable video with some beautiful opal..

[@madorganicscientist2527]

Absolutely amazing colour, I used to do lapidary in Orange years ago and won an award for their 50th anniversary they still have it going just not as easy to get there these days since covid hit would be great to get back into it

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

Get to it lol. I never won an award but if I sell something it get some sort of seal of approval. That's ok to me 😊

[@FS15MappersParadise]

How many times do you carry on inspecting a piece once you have finished polishing and finished filming especially like the beautiful light opal and those colors. I don't think i could put it down. You never stop amazing us.

[@123bbbooobbb]

Thx. What a lovey stone. And those earring were amazing I know red is nice but I do love the green 🤩

[@scrappydoo7887]

That's some vivid red and purple in the big stone 👍

[@Humongous420]

I bet you didn't know tomorrow is my birthday 🤣😎 Love the channel! Hope 2022 brings you some epic opal

[@Sdragnasty]

I got a headache again from rolling my eyes, yet I cannot stay away from your videos! As a nerdy rock child in Illinois, my favorite place to go (besides the Museum of Science and Industry), was the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art...

[@bassproable]

Beautiful opals you cut.. What you didn't know the Shiela and the bot have something going on.

[@aropals672]

Love Ridge material and the vast differences. Light and dark such an amazing stone. Largest black opal nobbie I've cut started at just over 200 carats. Such a pleasure to work with a large peice like that.

[@Ttssgang9308]

I bet y’all didn’t know opal is my birth stone and tonight I started getting opalholism, and dude your funny as hell and I could just listen to you talk random shit without video. Keep up the good content man

[@gusstoney1561]

Thank you sir for your grindage. Did you know the second T in Chattanooga is silent?

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

It's for a lady with a birthmark on one side of her face, if she put the best opal earring on that side everyone's only taking notes of the beautiful opal! You're a genius.

[@karenstoddart2197]

thats Me!

[@iqfend]

Did you know that channels like yours, Black Opal Direct, Roy’s Opal and Opal Mills all taught me about this wonderful hobby?

[@chernihivske]

When my kid gets old enough, i will show her all your videos. She will excell in life!

[@theZCAllen]

This was your greatest video lol The Opal police bit actually killed me

[@theZCAllen]

​@@PulitzerOpal thank you, Opal-sama excuse me, I meant colonel Opal-sama!

[@PrometheusZandski]

Fantastic work, the final stones looked amazing. You give the weight of the finished product, but you don't grade and price them. Is there a reason? It would be really cool to know.

[@PrometheusZandski]

@@PulitzerOpal I watch your channel for Opal knowledge and the ridiculous dry wit we have all come to know and love. If you can't grade and price them, then maybe you can ask Shela to do it for you 🤣

[@brandonweller4341]

Great work as always, that is some beautiful color. You may not know that opal can be created as a liquid- charged silica spheres suspended in water display the same play-of-color effect. I've made vials of that myself, it's quite pretty!

[@brandonweller4341]

@@PulitzerOpal I used commercially available prefabricated silica microspheres generated from teos. It's as simple as dissolving them in H2O with an ultrasound bath and ion exchange resin, but you can do an additional step to match the refractive index of the solution to silica and produce an optically clear vial (akin to a crystal opal vs a white opal). Here's a video of a different group's results kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKexnntva8mkd9k

[@robertluehrs5283]

Thanks for the demo Doc

[@joshuafrick5311]

love your content! hoping to start collecting opal! Something you might not know is on wildfires in Australia can be spread around by hawks making it the only other known species to use fire.

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

It's easy to collect (cheaper) uncut specimens or polished freeforms often even more interesting from a collector's perspective than standard jewelry cuts.

[@williambull3198]

Those will be some beautiful earrings great video as always

[@racheldelage5690]

Beautiful Opals! You don't know where I was born! 😉

[@chantillychandra]

Absolutely love those earrings! Amazing color! I bet you didn't know that my arm is exactly 12" from the inside of my wrist to the inside of my elbow! Definitely need to know!😋😉

[@maxwellhberger8583]

I sure am glad you put that warning on this video.

[@LouisGedo]

I'm loving your videos..........hands down this is my favorite gem channel of all time.

[@Bizz420]

Love watching your content, and something you don’t know would be I started polishing opal because of you, so my wife thanks you. Lol

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

You're a generous man. I'm buying her the most beautiful, chrome spinels, spectacular alexandrites and pinky morganites so she leaves my opal alone... You gotta have options. Labradorite and quartz will do if you're on a budget btw

[@oneshotme]

I'm sure she loves that you did!!

[@jerrylay8843]

Thank you as always I can't for the work done at Pulitzer Opal God Bless the show .

[@bentationfunkiloglio]

Really look forward to seeing your videos. Learn something each time and get some good laughs. As an aside, I’m a big fan of 53 frogs. Great rough opal.

[@fredygump5578]

Colonel, thanks for explaining why ears are on opposite sides of the head. That's one mystery solved!

[@JuJu-DnC22]

This Aussie is wondering if you're actually holding Sheila hostage 🤣

[@raindrop5273]

Just beautiful! Entering .... something you don't know would be my middle name, lol.

[@mimis1314]

Hmmm 1st time wocher and i think i will lern a lot from you so thank you! if you can help do you know a way to cut/shap opal with out a mushen? I dont have one but would like to try to shap what i have with something if i can ^w^ . as for something you do not know.... well maybe.... did you know you can eat cat tail root and the flowering part befor it terns broun like a ear of corn?

[@1AnononA1]

Good job with the earrings... you clearly aren't scared of being brutal sometimes removing material!👍👌🤘

[@douglaswoodard3412]

just found your channel by watching a gold hunting show glad i did nice work on pulling out the color

[@bebbie2ispouringitoutdebra236]

Great stones!!! I love the black opals! Did you know you can find hurdles on Texas beaches?

[@bebbie2ispouringitoutdebra236]

@@PulitzerOpal sorry nurdles. They ate the tiny plastic pellets that things made of plastic are made of. They end up in waterways and out to sea. They pollute the beaches.

[@bebbie2ispouringitoutdebra236]

@@PulitzerOpal I live 1/2 the year in Texas. 10 minutes to Padre island! I like Port A too!

[@billdlyaegra9394]

like all the content, and especially the arrowhead knapping. how can i see if you have any suitable rough for one of these? i like to do things myself although i wouldn't mind an assistant like your Shiela. i already have 4 cats. wait, i have a dog too and a bird.

[@PulitzerOpal]

I'm glad you enjoy the content, Billdlyaegra9394! Arrowhead knapping can be a fascinating craft. If you're looking for suitable rough opal for your projects, you can check out my shop, 53Frogs, on opalauctions.com. There, you'll find various types of opals that might be perfect for your knapping endeavors. And it sounds like you have quite the furry and feathered family to keep you company while you work on your creations! 😄🪶🐱🐶🦜

[@raspybob9905]

Those are very nice keep up the good work love watching your channel!

[@robzombieshot]

Lol.. all caught up... Btw, that opal website i shared, where would something like that happen? Everything I see from Australia are nowhere that size let alone fist size.

[@geoffbackman6347]

F**cking stunning. Both pieces look amazing. Something you don’t know… You’re my father.

[@monkigrl11]

Loved your video as always ! I bet you didn't know that Shelia is teaching Zuck how to Twerk ! 😁😁 Better watch those two !

[@mattsmith6321]

Entertaining as always! BTW competitive art used to be an Olympic event

[@dalerolando5371]

Where are You located ? I’am In Eagle River , Alaska.? ❤️Your site

[@jaimerz68]

Another great video with amazing opal! Something you might not know is adding a bit of coffee to chocolate cake batter enhances the chocolate flavor. ✨

[@rrockrain1067]

Been watching for about a year , nice opal arrowhead . Would like to have one of those added to my artifact collection .

[@adventuresamNfam]

That’s it… I am planning to visit dad around the gem show next year!🤷🏼‍♀️😂

[@hi-tonemichael8030]

Great looking Opel

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

THEY'RE ALL SO BEAUTIFUL, COL.

[@noishpa7]

Did you know I live in Michigan? Well I do. I also think your channel is great. Thanks!

[@tiffanybyrnes8221]

Oh heck, now I can add opalholism to my list of character quarks. Lol!

[@guitarhiker4449]

Great work!! You didn't know i love opal with a thick backing of caramel potch! Also i have a small collection of arrowheads, but no opal arrowheads! Keep up the great work! Hi Sheela!! Wink wink! Lol

[@Suehuskins]

I sat thru a 5+ min ad on this video of Ruby Falls and it was beautiful. I had been to Chattanooga as a kid but never went to Ruby Falls. We have Linville Caverns which are amazing but different and have blind fish, stalactites and stalagmites. Anyway you did it again, beautiful Opals. 💜

[@Suehuskins]

@@PulitzerOpal omg my father use to enjoy making us scream by driving close to the edge of mountain cliffs. You were lucky.

[@chadshaw1490]

Need more videos love watching them nice stones I would like to see some more on the arrow heads but I enjoy all your vids keep cutting I keep watching later admiral

[@jacobwallace6967]

What would you recommend for someone looking for a black opal stone for a mens ring as cheaply as possible? I have been watching opal cutting and had a passion for this beautiful gem for a while now. Want a stone to put into a ring for myself for my birthday but can’t really afford the black opal category. Is there something less expensive that’s an option?

[@Veronica-d3g2j]

Great channel you are very very knowledgeable thanks for this channel im learning a whole lot on here 🎉

[@PulitzerOpal]

I'm thrilled to hear that you're learning a lot and enjoying the channel! Your kind words mean a lot. If you haven't yet, don't forget to subscribe and hit the like button to not only keep learning but also enhance your chances of winning some beautiful opals. Thanks for being here!

[@michaelmacgeorge1082]

Nice rocks! You don't know how a rough opal will turn out until you cut it.

[@lunamiku4166]

I spat my drink when I saw the Warning with TooToo Boy!!

[@beckysmith3660]

You don’t know that I have 8 of the most wonderful grandchildren ever!! You also don’t know that I love your channel!

[@pkgoldopalhunting]

i think you [don't know ] that you inspire me as a beginner cutter mate keep it up

[@triggermancustoms1670]

Hey great video once again , and did you know we have been trying reach you about your cars extended warranty !

[@ebaystore4all]

Did you know that at one time Engraving/Carving was an official Olympic event known as Competitive Art? You could have been a world class Athlete if you had been born a century ago!

[@seaniman4921]

Robo Zuck, Sheila, and Colonel Eff@&$)). What a trio !!! Bet ya didn’t know I used to live just a few blocks from Dorothy and Totos house in Kansas!!! Love you videos Colonel Sir!!! -salutes-

[@roberttyrrell2250]

Having a hard time with grey potch being the color bar, & color being obscured. Any tips? Looking at stone straight on it just looks like grey rock.

[@wilsonrawlin8547]

I thoroughly enjoy your banter and humor! I'm seriously getting Opal cutting fever. BTW you don't know that I'm "BALD". ;D

[@bhutjolokia6990]

Love your videos!!👍😂😁 Wombats have square poop!😳😳😂😂

[@coinjunkyag1626]

Very cool I live in Canada bet you didn’t know lol thanks for sharing good sir 👍🏻👍🏻

[@FlattardiansSuck]

Lovely gems. So much red, and I love the purple flash on green. Always good to see you work mate. Did you know wombat poop is cube shaped? And if you hit a wombat on the road and drive over it, its like driving over a large rock and have been known to destroy sumps, gearboxes, and drive shafts.

[@markholland5767]

Great video brother, bet you didn’t know that. Well done. Mark H. Las Vegas, Bali

[@krookiemonster2673]

What kind of cab machine do you use? I Wana buy my first, was going to get the Kingsley North 6" but wanted the sintered wheel for the 80 and 220 but they said that machine can't aupport the weight...

[@pantoea6089]

Did you know that picture you showed of 'Adam' was Justin and his wife from Black Opal Direct ' ?

[@jeannetonic2207]

Magnifique ! Très beau travail monsieur ! Il faut beaucoup d intuition pour pouvoir tailler une opale et ne pas trop enlever de matière !

[@jeannetonic2207]

@@PulitzerOpal vous travaillez la plus belle des pierres le diamant à côté est bien pâle ! Merci pour votre réponse en français ! Je m abonné à votre chaîne ! Bises de France

[@rossfalkiner2970]

Again a wonderful video. Wow. Going from the green of the Amazon rain forest to the colours of the cosmos. Colonel Sir. I salute you. As advised I watched Too Too boy and you may not know Too Too Boy is Right handed. Your videos are great instrumental and comic. Thank you.

[@juangonzalez9848]

Here is something I bet you didn’t know, the ore carrier William A. Irvin, finished in 1938 was one of, if not the, first ship on the Great Lakes to have storm tunnels. Storm tunnels are tunnels that run the length of the ship below deck level but above the ballast tanks. Before this was added to ships, sailors would have to walk on deck from one end of the ship to the other during storms, barely connected to the ship via a safety line running from bow to stern. It was not uncommon for them to be washed overboard, and rarely found afterwords. She was also one of the first Great Lakes ships to use steam turbines. She was originally designed for triple expansion engines, but during the build they decided to use the new turbines, which resulted in a large wasted open space in the engine room. Something few working ships have.

[@MrXxz368]

Cool cool

[@onevalewa1131]

Just love your cuttings! Something you don't know? My chicken is called Opal. Because I was watching your vids when we named her.

[@noniefuss]

Stunning opals today! Something you don't know is that my cat sneezed twice at you while we were watching. He was only partially watching as he spent most of the video snoozing on the corner of my keyboard, lazy lout.