In this video, I show what the Honeycomb pattern of opal is, how to find it and how to cut it to make a piece of beautiful opal jewelry. A comparison of honeycomb opal, which is mostly Ethiopian (occasionally Australian) is made with Harlequin Black opal from Lightning Ridge.



Table of contents
00:33 - Cutting Honeycomb candidate dry
01:01 - Australian vs Ethiopian opal
01:52 - Opal patterns and "Order"
02:16 - Harlequin Opal
03:19 - What to look for to find Honeycomb pattern
04:25 - Continued cutting of Honeycomb dry
05:12 - What Honeycomb pattern IS
05:52 - Polished Honeycomb after cutting dry
06:38 - Outtakes / Rant
09:02 - Colonel of ????
10:19 - Kingstone that didn't make it!
11:13 - Giveaway winners from Cross-cutting video
11:35 - New Giveaway opals


Techniques of grinding and polishing are discussed.