Looking Inside a 50+ Pound Boulder Opal

[@kyanite2193]

I love how you kept it together. It tells a story as you journey through unlocking each segment.

[@melissaandjosh6210]

This is beyond mind blowing. Those gigantic chunks with inches thick color. I mean museum quality stuff wow.

[@falseteethrealtarotAllRocks]

My Friends, This opal is a fossilized Giant Bird Feather or Truly Dragon 🐉 Feather 🪶… Mudflood Fossil… Some call Mud Fossils… Please look it up… It’s all over Utube under these names… Love and Light…

[@arkenstone_minerals]

Thanks so much for enjoying it!

[@randygage3362]

The color is paper thin, not several inches thick. Which is why it must be broken instead of carved. You could easily grind right through the paper thin opal layer from the sided and destroy it.

[@kishuinupower9163]

Better sell to museum...the price will be triple for sure.

[@arkenstone_minerals]

@@kishuinupower9163 unfortunately museums are not so well-funded. A great option would be finding a private buyer who would be interested in loaning or donating to a museum, so it can be enjoyed by the public!

[@jonasgeez2140]

Wow I don't know what to say that's absolutely gorgeous just mind blowing color what a find

[@arkenstone_minerals]

Thanks for enjoying it!!! We love it too :)

[@afterthestorm221]

Mother Nature at her finest! A beautiful specimen.

[@nativearizonaadventures]

This is the most remarkable piece of Opal I have ever seen very Nice

[@stonemadein]

Beautiful!!! I love Rob! Have known him for many years from the gem shows. Absolutely incredible and beautiful opals from Australia!

[@seviregis7441]

Those colors are magnificent, what a find.

[@clintonmorris8222]

That is a truly incredible boulder opal. Fantast8c find!

[@carebearann4613]

It's just breathtaking, love the deep blues. Oh to have a complete parade made including tiara, necklace, earrings, bracelet and brooch. One can dream. And a ring maybe a pair of bracelets.

[@Shadoweknows76]

Brilliant, crazy blues 💙 amazing colors ❤❤

[@utahrockhoundingcouple]

Those colors are so vivid! Amazing!

[@Yahweh-Chase-Bella]

That's pretty incredible. I swear one day I'll have a little opal lol

[@arkenstone_minerals]

They’re lovely! We have some available on iRocks.com if you’re looking!

[@christabellmiranda5480]

I'd love to own an opal 😊

[@arkenstone_minerals]

@@christabellmiranda5480 Check out iRocks.com (and we have this one on mineralauctions.com right now, too! www.mineralauctions.com/items/fire-opal-with-color-flash-100998)

[@Yahweh-Chase-Bella]

@@christabellmiranda5480 absolutely, I don't need anything big or ridiculous. Just a nice like $500 piece if that's even possible lol. I'd love to get a black opal ring when I'm married, also doesn't need to he some special color just nice

[@offgridas]

@@Yahweh-Chase-Bella you can buy opals online as cheap as a few dollars. Obviously nothing spectacular, but you'll still see colour as cheap as $20

[@Paul-hp6zp]

That rocks million,s of yrs old,that's what I find incredible & nature has beauty.

[@laattardo]

Those colors are so surreal

[@arkenstone_minerals]

Agreed!!!

[@lorimchair2190]

I would be totally happy with just a slice of one of these showing its beauty!!!!!

[@riapoole2850]

Absolutely stunning! Opal is my favorite.

[@jameslobb5795]

I absolutely love opal, that is so pretty, if you ask me that's just as pretty as any other gemstone, just my opinion though, I feel lucky to a certain extent, opal is my birthstone

[@darlenefrymark9838]

Dreams do come true!

[@danielcollins6106]

That's one beautiful rock.

[@Richie-f5h]

OMG I am gagging on the gorgeousness! Opal is my jam! ❤

[@robertmyers7224]

Great video , extremely educational and informative, thanks for the geology lesson!!! 🎉

[@scottlubsen9004]

Wow it’s so colorful and bright inside of the largest boulder I’ve ever seen.

[@ottergrotto5850]

INCREDIBLY AMAZING!!!

[@kenyork1107]

Wow , wow , wow , this is beautiful and breath taking . Love it .

[@FancyPants43]

That is absolutely gorgeous! Wow!!🤯🥰

[@dem7615]

Going to mineral show next weekend can't wait.....gorgeous opal wow

[@SunshineSkys]

That is magnificent, I've never seen anything so brilliantly beautiful!

[@ZosoRocks1]

I have never seen anything like this. AMAZING find!

[@theresatrahan2147]

What a beautiful stone ❤❤❤❤

[@sinjinmonsoon9055]

So awesome. Im so happy for this guy. What a find

[@HelamanGile]

I would drill holes into each one of the bottom pieces and stick rods inside them and have it look like it's exploding outwards and you can see into the core of it and then I would use LED lights shining into the inside to make it so you could see the fantastic beautiful gorgeous inside

[@kjp1232]

No u wouldn't 😂

[@HelamanGile]

@@kjp1232 Yes I would

[@carlynscolorfulcreations]

Thats absolutely insane! I've never seen such a large specimen of bolder with such thick color, a truly unique find!

[@arkenstone_minerals]

Thank you!!! I'm so glad I get to visit it in the gallery

[@davidgoldman6913]

More likely had been in an area Opals exists, & experience told Him to take a CRACK AT IT... AMAZING FIND!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜✂️✌️

[@rustygagne3942]

nice find

[@bouncerslabrealnature9143]

Just unbelievable 🎉

[@genamouncer2181]

Stunning color

[@DaughterofGaia1979]

😲 How would you even know? Looks like any other rock🪨 only someone with his lifetime of experience would know. Absolutely Beautiful!

[@SPACE_MINER]

I learned more in this video, from one good presentation, than 20 hunter videos..

[@arkenstone_minerals]

My work here is done. If you’re looking for me the rest of the week, I’ll be at the pool.

[@kslinaz5668]

It looks like a giant dirt-clod, and then... WOW! ohmygosh, that is the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

[@arkenstone_minerals]

Not a bad surprise, right?!

[@ryanfp5657]

Rod is a legend and always so eager to show off these formations. He's pretty nice too considering guys like him from that generation in aus can be stone cold and very difficult to learn from.

[@alexoienundertheveil4742]

Absolutely breathtaking gigantic complete Boulder opal it's the biggest I've ever seen by far simply stunning

[@jayzee5144]

Canadain Iraqi . Hey i just want to say ( THANK YOU) . Your effort and knowledge is appreciated . I l😅ve GEMS .

[@markdamico4608]

The word astonishing has a new thumbnail in my brain

[@darthoma8792]

My absolute favorite stone ever!!! Nothing compares! 👌

[@norarangel47]

Que hermosos colores de esa piedra.

[@idontlookingmistikeservice4535]

Very colorful and nice 👍

[@keenthnewman532]

How did this form? Was there a mud flow very rich in silica and other minerals that covered some organic material, later hardening into that boulder with that beautiful opal? Interested in how this would have came to be.

[@tomsalzano8120]

Absolutely stunning !

[@blisteringbarnaclesmagnets6364]

That is very impressive my friend 👍🧲⚓️

[@arkenstone_minerals]

Thanks 👍

[@JhonDiamond2021]

something worth 50+ pounds of opal. great find mate.

[@deborahgoslin5858]

All I can say is WOW !

[@franceslock2058]

Beautiful

[@arkenstone_minerals]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MicAdams-bb5sh]

Wow, the find of a dream 😮

[@bubbleox8631]

Keep up the good work buddy am trying to get up to see you before it’s to late for one of us Bob yowah

[@farrenrohana]

Just mind blowing!!! Stunning!!!

[@GeneralE1000.]

That is gorgeous!

[@donnaforte5379]

Wow, beautiful stone.. How much would something like that go for on the market??? ❤❤❤

[@bigDrewhustles]

I'm speechless congratulations

[@charliekezza]

That is an incredible opal

[@danieldines4284]

Absolutely stunning! ❤

[@sladeb6036]

Damn. Just wow.

[@stulynn2005]

Look honey , I just found a couple million dollars inside a rock

[@sexokinik8463]

100 Millionen Dollar

[@gemstonejudy5900]

Just, wow!

[@deborahschell9176]

I would love a piece. That tiny one.. raw no turning it. I think it's beautiful in the rock it formed it!

[@shaneapplegate1975]

Awesomeness your video really Rocks 👏

[@judyjones2727]

Most beautiful stone ever

[@imuneik]

My birthday is in October and I’m always looking for pretty opals but WOW that is beyond gorgeous. That’s one in a lifetime kind of stone.❤😮

[@maggiebannenberkowitz9254]

Breathtaking!!!!

[@mattfraser3452]

I'm an Australian as well and Ive never seen a boulder opal as big or good as that 🇦🇺🦘

[@bkind2025]

So Breathtakingly Beautiful

[@mrs210]

Wow gorgeous

[@haroldmclean3755]

A Great Find 👍

[@carolpascua1848]

Imagine paying someone to break apart a stone that you paid a ton of money for and then hear them say how they would have done it a totally different way if the purpose was to get gems out of it.

[@arkenstone_minerals]

Yeah but our purpose wasn’t to get gems out of it so we’re pretty stoked to have it ;)

[@gloriabadon2694]

Imagine getting tattoo and the ink master says he somehow got the liquid cidny mixed up with his inks. U can't imagine dis unless u trip like I do

[@carebearann4613]

I could peruse it , looking for the best way to display and play with it .

[@JulianJ58]

@@gloriabadon2694 being tattooed with liquid L? I literally can't even imagine that

[@RamonHernandez-bt2qy]

dang! that's amazing

[@georgiarogers9257]

Hey Rod, What is the difference between magnaside and Potch?

[@ericalarder7259]

Holy shit that's stunning

[@BullProspecting]

You are Blessed 🙏

[@hendrahenshin5471]

Omg😮 thats gigantic!

[@evonnewhalen9794]

Stunning ❤

[@codelicious6590]

Thats an amazing piece of natural history and that old miner is one helluva bullshitter as well. Ill bet hes fun around the campfire.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

The arkenstone is absolutely the best opal I'm the universe.

[@raqueljerlstrom2856]

Mesmerizing

[@Duniaemas1]

Indah sekali batunya

[@Голосизмрака]

It's faaantastic.

[@radialwavellite5310]

I once had a beautiful fire opal necklace but the opal we usually see in jewelry is white with very little color.I understand that opal is delicate and needs special care but why do we never see the jewelry made from the really nice ones?

[@ChristopherSloane]

So what is the value of that?

[@jamesmcoy4409]

Looks like this came from another planet alien space rock never seen a color like that before

[@vonhellfinger7540]

Nice Opal, so ok whats it worth uncut or its estimate worth cut?

[@billeh3511]

What is that rock worth

[@marilyn.4224]

Stupendous!

[@ProudToBeAHillbilly]

Now that is a Huge Payday! LoL

[@anthonybracco2145]

What’s it worth?

[@dasschan2171]

Wooow...marvellous

[@syarifidayat]

What kind camera you use?

[@arkenstone_minerals]

This is just an iPhone! I think a 12 or a 13. I use both and don't remember which I used for this one.

[@ghislainedubosc1482]

Incroyable....

[@jonbutcher9805]

I know that even small quality Opal can fetch a hefty price from jewelers. How much would a giant of this magnitude be worth on the open market. Anyone have a notion? I had no idea something like this could actually exist on mother Earth. Unbelievable.

[@bobbob-vp7qc]

100$

[@arkenstone_minerals]

Hi there! Opals can range hugely. This is definitely a beast, and Rob doesn’t care to sell it right now, so… priceless?

[@sexokinik8463]

Ich schätze Zwischen 100 =150 Millionen Dollar.

[@jonbutcher9805]

@@sexokinik8463 That is a lot of money. My next question if you feel able to answer it. Would be. If the whole rock Although fractured in to various segments were To be sold to an opel dealer or an opel jewel manufacturer. Would you surmise the individual pieces should they all be fashioned then sold. Would the combined sum exceed the original purchase price by a modest profit a fair profit or an absolute mind altering mouth watering life changing fly me to the moon profit in excess of Triple the original price or more. My brain simply cannot comprehend the possible numbers that may be involved. If yourself or others can give me an idea I would greatly appreciate it. I cannot explain my fascination on this bizarre quest of mine but it is an itch that requires scratching. Thanks in advance.

[@jeffreyjay3860]

Seriously,,whats the value and pricing of a tuscon piece shipped to a US address?

[@arkenstone_minerals]

We purchased in Tucson, which is in the US, but the piece was found in Australia. Rod (the miner) shipped material from Australia to Tucson for mineral shows, then drove this piece to us in Dallas!

[@Joshuaellis420]

Wow think how many rings you could make and sale

[@karat1002]

Замечательный опал, как же вам повезло!

[@greggiles7309]

what is it worth?