Tamika's smile can brighten the darkest of rooms.

Like that picture of your dad on the wall behind you. I often feel he'd be very proud of you

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Yeah❤️

Justin you should be proud of your son as he's doing great on picking out Opals , cutting and polishing them ! Thank you for sharing this with me ! Also thank you for 2 videos in one day which was awesome !

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve and you are welcome

I was just gifted my very first piece of Black Opal and I couldn't be more in Love! I have been so obsessed with thos Beautiful Stone for a few years now. Thanks to Justin and this channel! I just don't know much about it at all! I would love to send You a picture just to brag!

Saxon, the Opals you cut and polished are stunning!! Well done, young man!! Justin, the stones you cut are beautiful. I hope you show them all polished up soon!!! Your friend, the Retired Paramedic and Horse Trainer in Ontario, Canada, Jenn 💖

This's my first time watching anything live. I am happy to be a part of this endeavor. ❤😊🎉

Love a double header...2 videos in one day makes today extra special! We've been missing the lives.

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

awww thank you Ive missed you guys too

I'm glad you had a great time at the BIG show! Don Wilson, Tacoma, Washington 😊

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

The best!

Thank you Justin for the lesson how some people will scam others by coloring the back of Opals ! I love learning stuff about Opals from you !

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Yes please more posts of cutting...I find it so relaxing I'm struggling at the min health ways so am restricted to the house 🏠 but your vids make my day Angie in Scotland

Hi from sunny Plant City, Florida. Home of The Strawberry Festival.

Great job Saxon!! Beautiful opal!!!

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Always love your videos makes me want to live there😮 but at 70 Im where my destination has led me. Your happiness is contagious so please keep up the knee knocking stress . Saxon you rock😅

I had a good feeling that small stone would end up being a little RIPPAH! Cool patterns in it as well. My bet was cat's eye, but yeah, more so rolling flash. Thanks for sharing these with us.

Please show more about the jewlery making with your amazing opals

excited to see the Presti Machine! Very cool to see it in use and out of production

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

You and me both!

Oh wow, Saxon did a great job!

Truly, nothing compares to a colorful black opal. I love my Saxon ring with a fabulous broad flash gem. ❤

One thing I know in life, there is always someone that is better than you. The sad thing is one will not give credit to the one they know that is TRULY THE BEST!!! BUT YOU ARE GOOD!!

the last 2 have colors that put Easter to shame! ✌️🐝➕

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

lol

Welcome back ! Missed you both. Hello Tamika 👋👋👋 Justin, I saw your interview with Lapadairy Dave. You looked like you were having a good time.

Hello ! Just bought my 1st Opal from BOD last night!!

Hi Justin, You can get a tool to square off your wheels again. Also it’s best to use all of the surface from side to side which also helps from getting a curve in your wheel.

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Yes correct

That one small crystal looks like there's confetti in it!

Not anything close in value, but same sort of concept. I polish a lot of granite and quartz for countertops (and few other stuff).when my stubborn old school ways finally got some new type equipment, i was floored at how well it worked out! They have come out with better polishing tools!

Hello from Jacksonville Florida

Glad your back safely

Nice work Saxton.

Absolutely gorgeous pieces.

We don't know too much. We just know what you've told us so keep on telling this more this is fun and educational

that cushion cab your son cut (1st one) is quite a distinguished gentlemanly ripper of a stone! have it on a bolo or a tie-clip, the next 2 rounds on cuff links, with the last set in a ring, that'd be quite the set! ✌️🐝➕

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Good call!

hi Justin. I think at 36.48 and 38.24 your stone with the craters has some beautiful blue at the base. So you may get a tiny opal out of it. I couldn't see how much though because you didn't focus on that part.

Hello from Manitoba Canada!

Great stuff. From the land down under... the land down under. Tasmania. Australia 🇦🇺

Blimey, Saxon is really cracking a pace with his skills. Those stones are great. I mean, just spit balling this here, but I'll sit watching Saxon cut stones for more videos too. That red pair at the end: in my never ending 'no money wish list' 🤣

Your assistant is beautiful!!!❤

Yeah, the picture is good!

Great session...and from Minnesota USA

Always fun to watch you work,,, having fun 😊

That was great. Thank you 😎😎😎👍👍👍

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Well done Saxon❤ great to see your work.

So l couldnt stay awake here in lreland and watched this with my breakfast instead....wish we could see more uploads Justin its so soothing and hypnotising to watch you birth such incredible stones. Ive watched every single vid and short you have...more than once! 🤗🤗🌈

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Yes we see you

2 videos in 1 day! Thats a treat as rare as opal itself 😉 great tips as always, loved watching 🙏

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

More to come my friend

From Mexico bendiciones...m

Missed the live so watching at home in Beaconsfield vic 10.28 pm

Great looking gems. Saxon is coming on fantastic deffinatly a natural

I like the perks on that job, (the ring). I saw a video with a large, clear quartz that looked like it was splashed with bright colors like an expanded opal. Just sections on one side, clear on the other. Amazing.

Hi from Barcelona, Spain

The ultimate enemy, sand. Yes Arizona is dry. I have to get used to it.

I also love fire agate

Awesome video. I wish I knew the the part of opal you forgot!!!😊 I'm in Az, USA

Gold ops i love ruby's ❤❤

Thank for you Justin, i am lyass from Kabylie in North Africa, Hello for you.

I have missed you a lot but it's wonderful to meet you Justin and Tamika. I'm watching the video from Sweden and the clock is about 05.43 in the morning. Greetings to you all at BOD 👋❤️💎😍👍!

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too Susan

@susannesamuelsson2930

4 ай бұрын

@@blackopaldirect 👋❤👍

Oswego, Illinois here!!

Moonstone, labadorite

I love opal then topaz

Snowy Oregon.

Hey there welcome back 🎉❤❤😊😊

Shingletown California here . Love watching your videos

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

I was wondering if on one of your segments you could explain the rarity of an opal in relation to average size and carats of what one in reality would expect to see found and produced for jewelry. I think a lot of us don't understand the reality and the typical average sizes mined and produced for jewelry vers what we see on the tv shows and such. Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge

I’d rather have opals than diamonds

And with out the silica n sand from the great flood and the transition metals in blood u can't get the colors in opal or opal there's some opallized body parts out there to a heart and it had some beautiful colors on one side and some ok colors on the other but the side the blood pooled n looked the best its like wow amazing and there's been some eyes found thats opal the opal in an opal is an eyeball and the.ulur mound over there is a giant part of a heart muscle there's a couple other places there that are remnants of giant body parts

That pair of blacks at the end were absolute bangers

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

kapow

Great stories and vid. Once again thanks guys 👍

Hello from Monticello UT

Hello was hoping to get on live but something came up . Glad u guys are back and hope u had a great time in Arizona! ❤️from North Carolina!

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Next time! James 😊

Hello from Maine USA!

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Hello there!

Very true Justin that opal there is no comparison with other stones. But I do like the Scottish agate and Whitby Jet that I have found on beaches here in the Uk. But opal is my first love.

Washington State, USA

Hello from Arizona

Portland, Oregon

I like labradorite, its like larger cheaper opal, would be cool to see you work with some

We can see you!

Hi from TX

Coldwater, Mississippi

Awesome viideo

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Hello from Queensland.

Kia ora from New Zealand 🇳🇿 churr ehoama

Great video again Justin & Tamika. Awesome to hear Saxon is getting in, givin it a crack & enjoying it. Agree about true pure stones. If I as a buyer want a stone... I would personally buy a piece of potch before I would buy $ a laminated piece. If I found you duped me, look out! You would know you have both hands full...

@4208bea1811

4 ай бұрын

What? I don't understand this comment...

Hello from Boston Massachusetts

Reshape it to cushion cut and its sold in a mans ring to me! Thanks J.

You guys do amazing rubs

The white cap

Hi from the Netherlands

Hello from Kingwood, TX in the Houston area.

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

Hello there!

Damn, Caught a live one. Living in North Carolina but originally from NSW,

I wanted to go to Tucson this year but I didn't have the vacation days.

Seems you need to let Saxon go through the bins more often!

We can hear you very well.

Rose from Mount Albert, Canada

Saxson. is cutting some cool stones. Thankyou, Justin.

Aloha from Hawaii

Second side

Hi guys!

Moab Utah USA

2nd side

While I fully agree that you should be honest about whether an opal is a doublet or not, I'm not sure why you don't like them. At the end of the day the only thing that anyone would want an opal for is what it looks like. To me every type of opal is beautiful. By far the most stunning gemstone in the world.

@blackopaldirect

4 ай бұрын

I just don’t like to sell them as they eventually end up with someone that doesn’t know opal and they think they have a ripper gem only to find out it’s not.

Hi Justin and Tomicka, I see you doing your live shows on KZread the day after. I wanted to know how to join the the chat and what time do they happen. Thanks, Drew L.