Thankyou so much of makeing these videos. I just love to watch them. And to have opportunity to c these gemsales which we dont have here in Finland. Absolutely amazing❤
@lapidarydave8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching
@СветланаЛарина-ъ1п8 ай бұрын
❤❤❤ это лучший обзор,!!!!❤❤❤
@theresaelliott78788 ай бұрын
😅the one that you think is boring I LOVE!
@minahammonds75118 ай бұрын
Enjoyed watching Thank you!
@michaelboyle98898 ай бұрын
Another awesome video Dave keep up the good work.cant wait for next one I've learned so much .💎👍👍
@donnamoseley35818 ай бұрын
I just found your page & lord have mercy those drool worthy opals!
@lapidarydave8 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for watching 🙏🩵
@corinaprinkeycp8 ай бұрын
Looking great Dave! Keep up the good work brother 💫💫
@hotrod4d8 ай бұрын
That smaller bin of sugilite at 47:00 was amazing 🤤
@connormcmaster38438 ай бұрын
Hey Dave, had the pleasure of meeting your grandma in Tucson yesterday at Kino, hope the shows are treating you well
@goldcambodia8 ай бұрын
Wow! very pretty!
@opalusmaximus77138 ай бұрын
I can second that! Steves new resin wheels cut like butter I absolutely love my 400 grit
@nonaeubinis49348 ай бұрын
Ya'll are my kinda nerds. Minerals and friendly dogs. Welcome to Tucson.
@LegitLC8 ай бұрын
3:11 The most beautiful bike seat I’ve ever seen. The prostate comment as I’m typing. 😂
@RomanKoglerGeomrtricMind8 ай бұрын
Dave you deserve every credit to doing this videos its should be on TV ! Top of that you are fantastic polite nice person ! Keep it up my man ! I love gems rocks and you show us places and educates us thanks for doing this sometimes I watch 3 x4 times same videos example like this one Opals are my favourites ! God Bless you 🙏
@nivet1008 ай бұрын
I love that background guitar!!
@tranquilmischief7 ай бұрын
Wasn't able to make it this year so thank you very much for these videos.
@johnnynephrite61478 ай бұрын
For diamond wheels try T-88 epoxy resin. Ive been using it for years.
@skinnyskinhead94928 ай бұрын
21:15 man those deep blue boulders are gorgeous
@michaelprue90247 ай бұрын
Awesome video bud. I watched to the bitter end. LOL. Just recently started finding interest in lapidary, mostly from watching the Opal cutters, like Justin from Black Opal Direct and Phil from The Opal Mills. Most people probably wouldn’t understand, it’s just rocks, but those rocks ROCK baby !!! Nice guitar playing too. My brother for real used to play pretty good, until he passed. Had cancer throughout, and in so much pain it was a blessing when he did. Love ya and miss you bro… You got a sub tonight, I will def be checking out more of your channel. Keep up the great works man !
@judechopper6 ай бұрын
Thanks for your knowledge and great stones and raw materials, great work, this Australian likes your vids, I grind and polished for myself as a hobby, bench grinder and wet and dry by hand! 😅
@richardraymond91088 ай бұрын
That piece of opal for $120 was sweet. With the red
@rotisumbuErikGemstone8 ай бұрын
Permata yang indah, terimakasih telah berbagi video yang sangat menarik dan saya suka❤
@AndreaMorales-lb3jm8 ай бұрын
Did you show the vendor on those great PCs of rough opal ,,,, .?
@AndreaMorales-lb3jm7 ай бұрын
Do you remember the vendor I’m talking about.? It was great prices on the rough from Peru..I want to try and contact them?. Pls!,,
@kertbert17 ай бұрын
That guitar jam at the end was awesome! Loved looking at everything. Loved the morrisonite. I think I have a piece of something similar and some Blue Mt. I forgot I even had it until I seen this video. That polihedron agate was interesting to say the least. Loved looking at the cabs. The big turquoise has a fracture line so glad you never grabbed it. Some of those were so deadly looking! I wanted to see a cab from every different type of stone flipped over for prices. Really really enjoyed the whole video from the top opal to buckets of everything to these cabs ending with the great guitar picking! Thanks Dave. Hopefully see you in Heaven someday. The rocks never cease to amaze me and there is always something new and spectacular!
@lapidarydave7 ай бұрын
🙏🦥🥑
@corinaprinkeycp8 ай бұрын
Loving these videos Dave! ♥️🙌
@lapidarydave8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@corinaprinkeycp8 ай бұрын
@@lapidarydave your channel is one of my favourites here on KZbin! 💫🍀
@lapidarydave8 ай бұрын
@@corinaprinkeycp that means so much to me
@Mrjoshuasjourneyzzz104208 ай бұрын
240 watching only 79 likes, hit that like button if your having fun!!!!
@FiegAro27268 ай бұрын
Love the opals..also loving the intro musiq..kinda reminds me of Stevie Ray Vaugn
@Ipoetize7 ай бұрын
Kudos David, What a glorious first five minutes. Dare I say that it was a Opalgasmic Opening. Also please can you explain more on the topic of "Cooking them with Sugar" as you stated because I have never heard of such a thing..
@lapidarydave7 ай бұрын
Check out Pulitzer opal for the sugar stuff I don’t quite understand how it’s done
@BlazingShackles8 ай бұрын
Really? Never thought I'd hear a prostate reference on Daves channel. But now that you brought it up....
@lapidarydave8 ай бұрын
We are normalizing men’s health 🙏❤️
@ancientimmie2 ай бұрын
This makes me miss going to lapidary shows so much!
@juliehartman54278 ай бұрын
Dave , what are your favorite places to visit at the show?
On a side note. The so-called Chinese fortune cookie is purely an American invention.
@ohkaygoplay8 ай бұрын
I want all of that larimar. Gimme.
@lexi12318 ай бұрын
I ❤ sugilite
@nikkilovesrocks8 ай бұрын
I would've done the same thing!!! You gotta read your fortune 😊
@lapidarydave8 ай бұрын
Thank youuuuuu
@KennyLeee18 ай бұрын
the reddish agate is Kentucky agate
@SmithnWesson6 ай бұрын
Hi Dave, Rather than the Foster machine, If you found a high-speed variable speed Dremel of some kind, wouldn't that work? You just need to mount it in a certain way and then get that vacuum cleaner going.
@lapidarydave6 ай бұрын
Dremels are fast but the foster is way faster You could get similar results but not the same but definitely still worth the try
@SmithnWesson6 ай бұрын
@@lapidarydave This is Smart Opals from 8 years ago. This was before he had the Foster machine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH3LeHtpn992jMUsi=T2o8GTX_985cQ6Hm
@Marcelo-yj2yq8 ай бұрын
Hi, it’s Marcelo. Do you still buy stuff and ship them?
@Akasha_Silver8 ай бұрын
Hey Dave,how can I get some of that Chilean rough turquoise?
@lapidarydave8 ай бұрын
I think I have information like their phone number and stuff. I’ll try to get that to you soon.
@prophotoservices8 ай бұрын
So where are these dealers? The show covers all of Tucson!
@rcmoot8 ай бұрын
Retail prices are way out of whack.
@TA-sv8kd8 ай бұрын
Just wondering.....what is the Geiger counter about? Love your videos! :-)
@lapidarydave8 ай бұрын
Spicy rocks
@rickcrippen51808 ай бұрын
Her voice sounds like Liz Kreate on KZbin from Australia.
@V27RV8 ай бұрын
Thank u Dave for taking us on this awesome gem journey Opal is King Btw is the musiq from ur band? If so!amazing
@lapidarydave8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching The music is just me and sprite just jamming
@V27RV8 ай бұрын
@@lapidarydave Don’t sell yourself short brother..the musiq you guys make is sensational
@rickcrippen51808 ай бұрын
Sounds like rain.
@AndreaMorales-lb3jm8 ай бұрын
How much fir the what turq??
@lapidarydave8 ай бұрын
Depends
@billybobwombat22313 ай бұрын
Hiya Dave, do you have a link and name of the new type of polishing machine you're talking about at the opal place with the south African sounding lady, cheers 🦘
@lapidarydave3 ай бұрын
Ray foster dental later
@billybobwombat22313 ай бұрын
@lapidarydave thanks, the algorithm just threw up your vid on the machine, cheers 🦘
@lapidarydave3 ай бұрын
@@billybobwombat2231 🙏💎
@maestro22714 ай бұрын
What is it HOW MUCH. What I CANT HERE
@aliciaseecharan3 ай бұрын
Sea glass is the weirdest but I like it. Glass Beach is it. But you have mineral rock trash…… 😎💕
@lapidarydave3 ай бұрын
What?
@TylerSeto-bo9rz3 ай бұрын
Are yowah nut opal expensive these days
@lapidarydave3 ай бұрын
Great ones are very expensive Good ones are reasonable Bad ones are cheap It’s all about the opal inside with very little as just a nut specimen without any precious Opal in it
@myplaceinthesun8 ай бұрын
That’s not comforting to know that I can go to one of these shows and be told untruths about the merchandise and it’s my place to know everything about it. That’s what’s wrong with the world.
@suewolf28 ай бұрын
Get to know your dealers. If you have a relationship with them, they can help you find other trustworthy dealers.
@DamoTrevo8 ай бұрын
Which part are you talking about I just started watching but dont Have time to finish. Comment the time to skip to in the video so I know what your talking about
@berthaadamson12257 ай бұрын
It’s around 58:00. Caveat Emptor (let the buyer beware) has been part of English Common Law since the 16th century so the world has been this way for at least since then. While outright fraud is usually illegal there is a gray area. There’s a lot of misinformation out in the gem & mineral world. I see wrong information on websites obviously cut and pasted from the same reference source. I think the point is to do what you can to protect yourself because you can’t rely on someone else to do it for you.
@mman62838 ай бұрын
58:58 how about just don’t lie to people and call a low quality specimen, high-quality, and also Dan beam when you come and return it. You’re low quality piece because you felt ripped off goes both ways