mike4bears
spending too much on rocks
Member since December 2007
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Post by mike4bears on Dec 29, 2007 13:42:50 GMT -5
this is a seller on ebay that i have found to be honest. has great koroit opal and i would recommend him his sellers name is oubla.
fwiw mike4bears
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raqy
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since March 2007
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Post by raqy on Dec 29, 2007 15:07:08 GMT -5
Yes I have bought quite a bit from him. He's a very nice guy too.
Raquel
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Post by invisibleuser on Dec 29, 2007 18:15:51 GMT -5
Yeah- He's an American with his own koroit opal mine in Australia. ;D Wouldn't that be a great life?
Steve
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bouldergal
freely admits to licking rocks
Glacier Meadow
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Post by bouldergal on Dec 29, 2007 20:54:29 GMT -5
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Post by larrywyland3 on Jan 2, 2008 7:51:56 GMT -5
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raqy
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since March 2007
Posts: 799
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Post by raqy on Jan 2, 2008 9:23:49 GMT -5
Its already going pretty high.. too much for me.
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Post by Titania on Jan 2, 2008 9:44:21 GMT -5
Wow, that's a pretty piece of opal. But yeah...a little rich.
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Post by Tonyterner on Jan 2, 2008 11:19:23 GMT -5
Wow that is premium BO. Way out of my league though.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jan 2, 2008 16:32:46 GMT -5
*Sigh* beautiful stuff, but he only ships to the US - but I still always check out his stuff and drool (what will I do when I'm old and drool all the time?)
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mike4bears
spending too much on rocks
Member since December 2007
Posts: 275
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Post by mike4bears on Jan 2, 2008 17:22:45 GMT -5
wow good stuff. what i like is the way he does his photos. and i have bought from him and what you see is what you git meaning that his photos are accurate mike
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Post by Tony W on Jan 2, 2008 23:51:18 GMT -5
You can buy rough from him and go on a treasure hunt like I have been on. I have been drunk on opal since before Christmas. Cutting and grinding, ooohing and ahhing. What a trip  I love opal. I have it so bad I was out grinding in 40 degrees yesterday. Today it was in the 30's all day and I couldn't force myself to do it... but I wanted to... real bad. T |
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raqy
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since March 2007
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Post by raqy on Jan 2, 2008 23:55:31 GMT -5
You have it bad, then. But there's nothing like chasing fire.. I'm with you there..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2008 0:50:19 GMT -5
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Post by invisibleuser on Jan 3, 2008 7:45:32 GMT -5
That's some fantastic looking rough you've gotten from Gene. Is that typical or do you just get extremely lucky with your selection?
Steve
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deedolce
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since October 2006
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Post by deedolce on Jan 3, 2008 12:33:51 GMT -5
Wow, can you post him and enquire about getting rough? How much does he charge for it?
Boulder Opal seems to be the new 'it' rock on ebay! It was Ocean Jasper, or at least that's what I noticed. I used to think paying $15 was outrageous for a slab of OJ, and then it started getting to $65+ for a slab! Crazy! I tried bidding on 6# of boulder opal 'surprise' rough yesterday, and it went to around $122~ yikers!
Dee
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Post by Tony W on Jan 3, 2008 23:22:11 GMT -5
Man, Tony, I am just amazed.... that is where I want to be. Mason jars just crammed full of color And you have solved some major problems I've been having. Like trying to dome all four sides because I can't imagine any face being the back... or cutting too thin to try and get more slices and hitting a vug and having it explode... or crying when I chase the fire too far and it goes away. All I need is jar after jar of replacement opal and I won't be so attached to each piece That first one is the rock that just keeps on giving..... that is all some great looking stuff. I've got one chunk that is bigger than my 10" blade, and a little color is showing all around it so I can't begin to decide where to make my first cut... I'm having a great time just looking at it trying to decide... but, now I see I just need to have lots of cut and trimmed replacement opal and I won't be so picky or protective Problem solved! I need more opal Tony |
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Post by Tony W on Jan 5, 2008 0:44:04 GMT -5
Dee.... Gene's page is WWW. Koroit.com YOu can email him and ask him about rough. He has some great tuts on working opal too. Tony
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I love opal. I have it so bad I was out grinding in 40 degrees yesterday. Today it was in the 30's all day and I couldn't force myself to do it... but I wanted to... real bad. T
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