Sellers take picture of the rough dipped in water so the image will expose the colours of the stone as if it was polished. Buyer will recieve the opal rough in a dry condition.
There are many opal cutting lapidary machines available or you can make one that you can rub down and polish opals.
a basic saw blade is also required and a good polish is essential. When rubbing down thin colour bars it is recommended to slowly polish as many new cutters rub away these colour bars and some of these opals have bright fire colour if polished correctly.
Patince and Time are essential elements in learning to cut and polish opal Rough Opal is available from all the major Australian opal fields from Black opal rough Lightning ridge , Boulder opal rough from Winton ,Quilpie ,Yowah ,Koriot,and Crystal opal from Coober Pedy and Ethopian and Mexican opal rough.
Source your Rough opals direct from opal miners and opal wholesalers and dealers for your single gem rough opal or parcel rough opals.
