All Different Types of Opal | Unboxed & Hands On
All Different Types of Opal | Unboxed & Hands On
On today’s Unboxing, we have too may gems to fit in the box! So we’re calling in our team of experts to show you all different kinds, colors, and shapes of October’s birthstone. See beautiful black opals, white opals, boulder opals, plus rare and exotic types from Ethiopia, Australia, and beyond!
Common Opals – 2:07
Black Opals – 3:15
Licking Rocks – 5:40
White Opals – 7:54
Matrix Opals – 10:44
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I too have caught opalidis. Forever addicted hopeless in ❤.
Opals rock! I hope to get more. There’s so many opals
Fire opal can be Yellow, Orange, Red, White and Blue.
Opalite there’s two kinds. The natural one that’s green and opaque and can have chatoyancy I believe. The second kind is the synthetic glass that looks rainbow and is incredibly dirt cheap like 1 dollar or 5 dollars
There’s Opal With dendritic inclusions which gives it the name Dendritic Opal
There’s also Peruvian opals which I think are common opals I’ve seen sky blue, peachy baby pink ones, green, Turquoise and lime green ones and they can even be stripped with Carmel and or can have dendritic inclusions . I’m sure there’s others too 🙂
Some color opals like common opal can have cat’s eye chatoyancy. and very rarely some opals can have both opalescence ( Play of color ) and Cat’s eye Chatoyancy and the rarest opal is Star Opal! Only found in Idaho and they have play of color and a very distinct asterism which is caused by the diffraction of light from imperfections in the arrangement of silica (SiO2) in the stones. it can be any color and it’s extremely rare. It can be 3 rayed or 6 rayed. I hope to get one one day. I really enjoyed this video and learn some different opals 😀
Hi JTV, great video! I’d love to collect opals someday, they’re probably my favorite gemstone. How much would a sample like the one at 13:00 cost? Seems extremely expensive looking.
This was fun! Does the opal taste good? Lol
I have a really weird question for the smartest most knowledgeable geologists out there. Is it mica inside an opal that give it the color? And, let me just say, I love your ring,
Most of black opal is found in lighting Ridge. And there are more people from different countries mining for opal in lightning Ridge than Aussies.there is also dino fossil, pine cone, yabby button and many more opalised objects.
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If you don’t lick rocks are you even a geologist/mineralogist?
This is so awesome for me, I’m very excited to learn more about opals.
Please you Give the price of ea stone
Super glad I found this channel so now maybe I won’t get ripped off when I’m buying different rocks and gemstones and crystals and all this stuff! Made the mistake the first round quite a few years back buying a lot of stuff from China thinking I was getting the real deal when what it really was, I believe was glass and maybe resin made to look like crystal quartz etc. I definitely learned from that
This is amazing! I learned something today about opals!! I mean, I knew the different types of opals but what I didn’t know that most Ethiopian opals are hydrophane and would stick to your tongue if you lick it. Haha!
I have gems stone message me if you like..
great video i would have like to see some Louisiana or Nevada opal tho
Very cool and informative.
Just wanted to let you know that those semi-black opals do have a separate name, being called semi-black or dark opals due to the darker color of potch. As an opal cutter myself I classify them on a scale based on the color of potch from White opal, light opal, dark opal, to black opal. As well as crystal opal if the potch is translucent.
Why is that one black opal in the container being handled only with forceps? More susceptible to oils, or is it the most expensive gem in this video? So many questions lol
Price?
Chinese writing has been changed to script pattern, because that’s somehow offensive?
The back of the Yowah nut opal reminds me of abalone shell
I missed u guys, don’t know why youtube doesn’t recomen u anymore 🙁
Beautiful stones. Great experts. Lousy camera work!
I’ve seen something called a ‘black fire Opal’ it’s a dark background with red to pink to orange reflections of color in them. It’s one of my favorite gems.
Love this episode as I’ve just done the GAA Queensland opal course. 100% my favorite stone
Guys you should make a video about black gemstones.
Lamest Opal Chanel on YouTube.
I love precious Opal a looooooooooot
love your channel, so fascinating to watch as someone who has always loved gemstones and an aspiring gemologist! look forward to your next video ~
Great job with the sound balance on this video!
I quit watching after the first 15 seconds. Overproduced/Overacted. More Rock less Talk
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I have searched high and low for the book Sisk Gemology reference, to no avail. Where can I buy this book?
Now it’s a super spreader opal haha.
Hyalite is one of my favorite gems of all time.
Man, black opal is my absolute favorite gem. It’s so beautiful.
October’s birthstone: Opal.. Also a beautiful name for a girl. I love opals. They’re just like Christopher said the perfect rainbow stone. I noticed that you guys didn’t feature black opals from Nevada; they’re just beautiful and one of my favorites among all the opals.
I appreciate the lick test info. So cool.
I love, LOVE opals! My Honduran Matrix opal is definitely a star in my collection, though I also have some gorgeous andamooka. Boulder opal has grown on me, I didn’t appreciate them as much at first. I have never heard of jelly opal before and I am absolutely in LOVE with them now.
I wouldn’t recommend licking gems or crystals… a very small few are known to cause cancer. lmao opals are the exception obvi
Suddenly have a burning need for jelly opal!!!
Been binge watching this channel. Love your work!
I enjoyed seeing the patterns of the Yowah Nut. Thank you for making a video focusing around many varieties of Opal.
I like when she says “lick”
This is amazing! I love opal and have been collecting a lot of Australian boulder opal specimens this year!