LIVE Rough opal session

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Every time that you cut opal, the stones actually make me smile and happy. I know it sounds stupid, but it’s true! Anyone else?????? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@brandonburke2978]

My favorite opal cutting sessions are the transformation from rough opal to completed gem(s) with narration. The process and the stories.

[@blackopaldirect]

Yeah those are my favorite videos to make too! And take the longest to make. 🙏❤️

[@mksaber170]

@@brandonburke2978 me too!

[@paultaylor7120]

Love the new polished look of the , I’m going in ‘studio. Miss the opal cutting celebration dance days 🕺

[@vickithompson9681]

Darn once again I missed the live, I come in from work and the live just finished 4 minutes pier. From Loxley AL. Good to see Tamika. Love watching you work Justin.

[@dalepainter9867]

The video I liked best was 11 years ago. "Teach your kids to cut opal by...Blackopaldirect! Each and every video is entertaining and educational. I bought a Cab king three months ago. I have not touched a stone to a wheel as of yet. Been busy with life lately. Justin, you and your team are the best!!

[@steveclark4291]

All of them ! Because they are all relaxing to watch !

[@opaladdictjoe]

my favorite is the one about the stone you found under the house your Dad lived in

[@susannesamuelsson2930]

Mine too so I agree with you! But I love all the videos from Justin, Saxon and BOD! 👋💎👍 My favorite opals are crystal opals!

[@hazelvance6183]

love them all and love it when he gets excited when beautiful color comes out he didn't expect

[@terrypack7537]

Good afternoon you two !! Watching from Shingletown California!! Up in the mountains….

[@blackopaldirect]

Good afternoon to you too

[@terrypack7537]

I liked them all , I’ve been watching for at least almost five years

[@blackopaldirect]

🙏🙏

[@judyls5053]

Nice to see Tamika on as well. Watching from California! Like all the new black opal cutting videos.

[@nigelmorton3652]

Hi from UK 🇬🇧. Learning a lot from you guys. Love what you do ; best wishes

[@tracyormandy9707]

I just noticed you have 269k 😮 I remember when you guys were getting excited about 1k, well done

[@blackopaldirect]

Thanks Tracy you have been watching a while then. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@bryanhenry945]

I like any video with bright blue and black stones also the pretty white with red,blue. Really all the new stuff videos are great in my opinion, the lighting, camera angles are spot on in my opinion. Watching your videos have inspired me to give it a try myself and watching you has definitely helped me with my first parcel.... it's just a waiting game on getting my next parcel her in the US but give me something to look forward to and I love my new hobby

[@blackopaldirect]

It's a great hobby, and you'll learn more with each parcel. Keep at it!

[@tinamarie7869]

North western Arkansas here. I love to catch your lives.

[@brandypresley1869]

I love the video of when the fans sent so much love u were overwhelm with tears of joy. Ur gratitude touched my heart. Lets not forget the rapper videos 😂😂😂

[@RichardLewis-i6c]

Anytime you cut is awesome and so informative.

[@faysitler1211]

Hello from Olympia Washington😊 Great shows today. Have a nice day 👋

[@tinyheckman7190]

I personally love the bigger gems with a ton of color play. Reds, oranges , blues and greens just beautiful

[@mrunique4871]

I enjoy watching and cutting any opal , especially the large seem and black opal , although i haven't cut any black yet , but my absolute favourite to watch are the nobbies that don't give anything away until it's revealed , and when they produce something special it must be such a buzz .

[@W.MOpals]

Shame I cannot catch the live, I'm always fast asleep here in the UK haha, but great live as always! My favourite video is hard to choose. But one I always find myself coming back to was posted about 4 months ago when that miner came to you with the rough to cut, Thumbnail has the word FIGJAM in it...those finished stones give me goose bumps every time I see them

[@tracydavidson6685]

Darn I missed! Hello Tamika nice to see you again. 😊 I've been watching you since you first started in your old work shop. 6yrs ago. From Saskatchewan Canada!🇨🇦

[@blackopaldirect]

Wow 6 years?! Thanks for being here.

[@jamesblake7338]

Missed the live but still great ! Loved that black crystal!

[@elizabethmurphy7657]

Missed the Live....again.Richmond, Virginia, USA

[@KylieMuir]

Hi. Missed the live. Just watching. The blue opals beautiful ❤

[@blackopaldirect]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@patricklarkin4389]

Great session Justin! I think I would still polish the one with needles! The color out ways the needles ❤

[@blackopaldirect]

It’s a tough one, but I can see your point.

[@richwalton668]

Your the best opal cutter i,ve seen on the internet....

[@blackopaldirect]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@ryanturner2611]

I like the shorter vids that focus on one stone. I also miss your shenanigans like a few years ago, always a good laugh. Keep up the good work.

[@blackopaldirect]

My son won’t let me do them lol

[@DeanStoffel]

I loved the episode where you cut the fossil opal into a top gem crystal opal. That's a gorgeous gem. Thanks, and sorry I spelled Tamika wrong.😊😊

[@blackopaldirect]

It’s a beauty and it’s very common to see misspellings! No need to be sorry

[@josephprtzold4820]

I just got done cutting a crystal opal from one of your lots you sold to a customer of mine in Indiana

[@blackopaldirect]

That's awesome. I hope you are doing them justice 🙏❤️

[@tonybloker5227]

My fav. was the Christmas Poem last year !!!! My Grandfather hounded, cut, polished stones here in the US. Thanks .

[@elizabethlewis3509]

North Carolina here. Enjoyed our conversations with Justin in past years. Will be excited to meet Ruth at the upcoming Tucson Gem Show.

[@elizabethlewis3509]

How long does it take before your hands get tired on the wheel with those tiny stones?

[@blackopaldirect]

Alll day

[@LeoR-e6h]

Hello from California

[@chasl2216]

I've been enjoying clips of 'Mr. In-between ', I'm hoping another in the series 😊

[@OneOfAMineRocks]

Greetings From The West Coast Of The USA Oregon ❤️

[@tracyormandy9707]

Great idea about the personal choice hub.

[@kimetherington2252]

Beautiful Gems as always! Catch you on the next. ✌️ 😊

[@aprilanderson200]

Got my fingers crossed!!!!

[@hippopotaman075]

Missed the live again watching at 2.46 am next morning. Kevin from Beaconsfield. ❤☺️🌏

[@juliafayeconner594]

Beautiful color!

[@blackopaldirect]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@faysitler1211]

I loved the video. It was long time ago. I called it your green eye of envy. It was the one that looked like an eye 👍

[@blackopaldirect]

Ahh yes

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you Justin and Tamika for sharing this with me !

[@blackopaldirect]

You're welcome!

[@juliafayeconner594]

Beautiful crystal.

[@clayfaith7342]

The Script Pattern video from a few years ago was my favorite. we don't see enough of that. The Rap video is my second, we may have seen enough of that tho lol ... Hope to see you and the crew on your last 2024 video.stay safe until then..

[@rickj.pereira4500]

Hello from Toronto Canada

[@theresechauvin5216]

I don't know the link, but there was one in the old work shop when Justin cut an exciting opal and did his happy dance and shook his tooshie he was so cute! I also loved the script pattern one, the one with the hole in the center of the opal. I think your lovely wife Ruth is very lucky to have such a humorous, sweet, adorable husband. Cherish each other. 😃🕺💃🪨💞🇨🇦

[@juliafayeconner594]

Hello from Roosevelt Texas. The Texas hill country.

[@ronluthe1552]

Bugger. Missed it again.

[@LeoR-e6h]

Now that’s a beauty

[@thomasnelson5997]

good day from the usa

[@Evebear]

Ahhh missed this by 11 minutes!!!!

[@A_Bone1972]

i'm partial to your footage of your Dad hand carving

[@randallschilling9628]

Hello from Oregon

[@claytongross5657]

Just wanted to say that I'm new to your channel and that you have some very beautiful stones on here.

[@blackopaldirect]

Thanks! Glad you found us

[@joecolosi1795]

North Carolina… favorite video is always the same… my favorite video, is “the next one”

[@blackopaldirect]

Awwwww🙏❤️

[@VickiMcGuire-db7kj]

Love ya work ❤

[@blackopaldirect]

I appreciate that

[@A_Bone1972]

hello from the other Land of Oz 🍻

[@Humanbeing678]

Don't discount yourself... you are incredibly creative... I give thanks for your talent & character...

[@blackopaldirect]

Thanks so much I appreciate you 🙏

[@luannski6895]

Was eating supper, missed the live.

[@blackopaldirect]

Don’t worry, it was just a rough opal session and you can watch anytime

[@terrypack7537]

You guys are awesome also

[@juliafayeconner594]

That little one is gorgeous.

[@chir0pter]

24:22 that stone I wonder if it should have gone straight on a dopstick and one a fine grit wheel? Great gem

[@LeoR-e6h]

I felt the quake 5.5

[@robertryan6796]

Oregon has precious opal

[@kam70111]

Beautiful, Justin.

[@LeoR-e6h]

That’s nice

[@debraervin5773]

Sorry I missed the live. Love to watch Justin’s nimble fingers roll those nuggets.

[@rosemarywise5952]

Wasilla, Alaska,USA here. I think 2 yrs ago, you did one I think you called Script? Looked way different than reg or crystal opal!

[@blackopaldirect]

Yes that’s right thank you 🙏

[@KNAtwood]

Actually, for those stones tha t you retained and sent up to the jewelers, I would love to see the final product. Like the long dangle earrings from cut slabs. My brother in law lives on Texada Island. But my husband and I live in Bend. Oregon right on the Deschutes Coho salmon, steelhead and trout flyfishing. Since the water is so good, many local breweries. That earth quake was only 7. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is going to give us a 9+. With tsunamis up to 100 ft high. I was in Australia 40 years agofor a month. We started in Queensland, down to Sydney, then to Melbourne. I collected a boulder, a grey in a Harlequin? pattern and a handful of jellies. I am going to purchase a small black from you when one comes up that meets my fancy. Yeah, I have some Ethiopians too. But they're not from Lightning Ridge.🎉

[@juliafayeconner594]

I like that one.

[@josephcase1052]

Most of the Brazilian opal I saw was more like beautiful andamooka crystal , off course most opal types are endless in diversity . I like trying to guess where opals came from by looking...can be impossible sometimes lol

[@blackopaldirect]

It's not easy!

[@julieannmatthews3639]

A Quasimoto stone, a lump on the back.

[@mamacat2049]

Every rock is like a present, open it up and see what's inside.😊

[@richwalton668]

Do more shows if possible 😊

[@dillonpark7262]

Louisiana, USA

[@Bjj44420]

I like seeing tamika more then the opal❤❤❤😮

[@hutchosallthingstrailerboa2037]

Ahhhh missed another one...😢

[@leannemori9688]

How much do you think that beautiful little black opal will run? It is just marvelous.

[@blackopaldirect]

Around $1200 USD maybe a little more is the carat weight is higher than predicted

[@leannemori9688]

@@blackopaldirect Thank you for replying. It's so beautiful.

[@stevenowak1331]

Mansfield Pennsylvania

[@LeoR-e6h]

I’ll take it

[@philipthicthener3518]

Gday Phil here in the Riverland just finished rubbing some opals now

[@michaelrobinson8915]

Please as you will. For me less is more. Artists/people enjoy a pace. for me, from material selection to a finished work the artist keeps better rythem /pace...bendiciones...m

[@JoseyWilds]

Hello gem hunters!

[@rickj.pereira4500]

The one your dad’s friend found the Beautiful opal under their hut

[@jessef.hancock8102]

Mississippi

[@jaynerichards7527]

When you turn your air con up, spare a thought for those in bitterly cold temperatures on the other side of the world!😂

[@blackopaldirect]

Blah blah 😆😆

[@Clover12346]

I like the ones where you cut a large special stone

[@VickiMcGuire-db7kj]

Why are opals cut as cabs? Can it be facated? that black crystals look like it would be so beautiful facated xxx

[@blackopaldirect]

Opals have no need to refract light with facets. It already has color in it. Facets will just diffuse the colors

[@farzadshirazi7854]

Auckland

[@richwalton668]

Nevada, how do they compare to Australia 0pals.?

[@blackopaldirect]

You have to keep the majority of Nevada opal in water to stop it cracking apart. Australian opal does not need water

[@desgoulding7154]

Love your videos mate. I recently lost a very beautiful oval Opal ring I would like to buy an Opal to go into a ring if possible. Feel very silly about the ring getting it set into the ring.

[@blackopaldirect]

Sorry to hear about your ring, but you can find great opal for a new ring! Here blackopaldirect.com Kylie will help you out. Also I’m sorry you lost your ring

[@lenturtle7954]

Lake trout in northern Sask A fish every cast

[@blackopaldirect]

😱

[@RichardLewis-i6c]

Mendocino California

[@edithedith4942]

Does Opel need special treatment if you don't wear it all the time?

[@blackopaldirect]

Australian opal no. Just don’t scrape it on hard surfaces

[@edithedith4942]

@blackopaldirect thanks for the response, 😊

[@lavonnacook5985]

Higuys I'm in Arkansas USA

[@joyceroberts7506]

The one with you and your Dad.

[@adzoutnabout888]

Nice work mate 🤙 Did you read the book “ the fire in the stone”?

[@blackopaldirect]

Not yet!

[@adzoutnabout888]

@ ok, I read it in 1984 at high-school. Got me interested in gold and gems ( fossicking ). See if it comes in an E book ?

[@rachelwells7612]

😊Wisconsin

[@randolphfriend8260]

💙 🎉

[@tonykono5225]

The table shows.