Yowah Opal Cutting and Polishing with Uwe Barfuss
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- čas přidán 20. 11. 2016
- Uwe Barfuss demonstrating cutting and polishing of Yowah Opal from start to finish.
Email: uweopal@gmail.com
Phone: (+61) 407 547 048 for countries outside Australia
phone: 0407 547 048 within australia
I learned a lot about Yowah! Thank you.
Your passion for opal is so genuine and infectious! Thanks for sharing those beautiful wonders of your nature's mine. All the best - James. 👍
So enjoyable to see an expert at work.
Wyatt Earp thankyou 😊
Thanks for the the great explanations. The nuts are beautiful!
Uwe A big thank-you for sharing this video, i loved it and your casual way you run through the process of each stage, just purchased some Yowah polished pre-forms at the Denver show a couple weeks ago, and Love the beauty of the stone, even more after watching your video in the mine, and the work involved in finding and extracting the Yowah Nuts. Thanks again Scott Nicholas
Thanks mate!
this guy is very legit just like ian bone actually goin into deph not just making the clickbait stuff cutting vids
I can't express how much I love boulder opal! I love how the opal runs through the stone making flashes of color along with lines of the host rock. It is absolutely mother natures works of art. Yes just clean opal is beautiful but something about having those strips of color running along in different lines in the host rock is just magical! I hope one day to be able to own a piece.
It sure is a magical stone! And no 2 pieces are ever the same! If your ever in Australia my father and I would be happy to show you the mine and you could have a go at finding your own opal as well :)
Really enjoyed this video...Such a beautiful type of opal...Mesmerizing.!!!
it is an exquisite stone - good to get more info - THANKS!
Whoa! Yellow nut. I’m a newbie but this is awesome!
You are truly blessed my friend.
Nice video, thanks for posting.
Love these videos
Thanks for this helped loads
Those are so beautiful, In would take one of each if I could but you know dreaming.
Excellent
Coisa linda!
Parabéns!!
i somehow find these more beautiful than black opals in most cases. the patterns on it highlight the bits of color so well. Especially the green and blues, those stand out really well against the dark brown. Not a fan of red though. I can't understand why red is considered so valuable for opals but it doesn't look so good unless it comes alongside green or yellow.
Очень интересная коллекция.
maravillosas sus piezas, me encantarían para mis joyas¡¡¡ amo al ópalo¡¡¡
Must amazing.
They are so beautiful. Is there any product to use before grinding and polishing that will fill in the porous bits or tiny cracks please?
GamerFunGames 09 That question is something I'm actually searching for too. I heard there was a glassy filler that was sandable and filled in the cracks to enable normal grinding and finishing. Haven't been able to find out what it is yet.
hey sorry for late reply I wasn't getting notifications. A product called Opticon is what is mostly used and easily available
I have tried using that product twice and ended up with a mess to clean up. It never hardened at all. What do you think I'm doing wrong?
Opticon Crack Filling Epoxy is what work's. All the best - James.
"Yowah"
Also possible that some men around the campfire one night, were chatting away and one group said to another, "Where are you off to in the morning"? Leader of the sub group says, "We're heading over to those fields over there..."
First guy replies, "Oh yo are, are ya"??
Hence forth that area became known as Yowah (Yo-are) ;)
haha I like that one!
Muito lindas. ...
Um brasileiro aquj,?
Graça e paz meu conterrâneo.
Can you also polish the outside of the nut?
How much a carat for Yowha nut with Thick colour bar of Gem colour with pin fire through the pattern of the nut it’s self.
Will it be in the thousands per carat with rich vibrant colours.
Ranging from red to purple orange blue green etc.
Thanks in advance
Very hard to say without seeing it really. Feel free to send an email with a photo to myself at ricardo.barfuss@gmail.com though and might be able to give you some idea
Prachtig..................
28:53 how is that flask called?
I'd really like some to store my opal
working on a yowah nut and wanted to see how or what was used to get that final polish. didn't catch that in the video but enjoyed it anyway. can polish other opal to a mirror finish but no \t sure how to get the matrix to polish on a yowah.
Hi Jimmy, when we cut the opal we use 6 wheels over the entire surface. Starting with coarse grinding 220 or stronger, then 280 soft, 600 soft, 1200soft and finally 3000 soft. Sometimes we will also use a Cerium Oxide Polish Powder on a buff for an extra polish as well. What method are you using for your cutting and polishing?
hhmn, same, diamond wheels, but soft pressure. Perhaps i am looking at the video and with wet and lights it looks shinier and more polished tin oxide instead or cerium but that shouldn't make any difference. thanks.for the reply .
No problem, it can also depend on the hardness of the brown ironstone. Some is very hard and even in the same stone it can be very soft and wont polish. We get a glass like polish on the brown stone most of the time.
have 4 other pieces to work on so i'll keep that in mind about the soft and hard. Again, thanks.
Might seem like a stupid question but can the general public visit Yowah and go fossicking ?
Hi Anthony yes there is a fossicking area and some very nice pieces are found too!
Any sandable filler for the tiny holes. I heard there is a liquid that you can use.
hey sorry for late response, Opticon is the most common filler and easy to use
Hello, my name is Werny and my Hooby are boulder opals! I always saw and grind myself, the problem is I don't get any bigger pieces of raw material here in Germany So my question it is possible for a few 100 Euro beautiful pieces directly fromof the mine. Greeting Werny
Wonderful stones, is there a web site for purchase?
Hello Debra, no sorry no website at this stage but hoping to get the time to make on this year still. We can communicate by email if you like and I also travel overseas a fair bit as well.
very interesting congratulations what kind of mineral there goes that super thumbs up reciprocate if you can 🙏🙏
Thankyou, the host mineral is an Ironstone :)
Cuoldnt hear a word
that's strange others haven't had that issue