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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
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Lightning Ridge crystal nobby
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<blockquote data-quote="Wally69" data-source="post: 255277" data-attributes="member: 1916"><p>LOL Barney. I put twice the number of cuts in the base than a standard brilliant thinking it would help bounce the light around and tried the larger windows on the crown thinking the opal flecks could look more pronounced.</p><p></p><p>My book had opal at 43 and I cut with 3,000 and 100,000 polish at 44. Very wet gave cleaner edges. Would do at least 45 next time as the opaqueness in my bit seems to suck up the light or I could have a bit of fish eying going on.</p><p></p><p>Hints of honey yellow base stone with blue/purple opalescent flashes. Under a led loupe, it is a inpenatrible mass of electric blue flecks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wally69, post: 255277, member: 1916"] LOL Barney. I put twice the number of cuts in the base than a standard brilliant thinking it would help bounce the light around and tried the larger windows on the crown thinking the opal flecks could look more pronounced. My book had opal at 43 and I cut with 3,000 and 100,000 polish at 44. Very wet gave cleaner edges. Would do at least 45 next time as the opaqueness in my bit seems to suck up the light or I could have a bit of fish eying going on. Hints of honey yellow base stone with blue/purple opalescent flashes. Under a led loupe, it is a inpenatrible mass of electric blue flecks. [/QUOTE]
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