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This is a well researched and beatifully presented guide to the fascinating craft of Opal Cutting/Polishing by a recognised leading Craftsman. Being an opal miner at Lightning Ridge for 28 years Greg is well placed to write about how opal is formed - its origins, the fields and the mining methods as well as describing the skills required to make fine jewellery - silve, gold and opal. 140 colour Pictures as well as charts and maps. There is an extensive Glossary as well as a 'Quick Gude' list of must-have's and must-do's.
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Born in 1949, Greg began a course at a Lapidary Club at the age of 14. Shortly after he joined the cutting staff of E. Greg Sherman F.G.A.A., a famous Gemologist. Greg quickly became a highly skilled and well regarded miner and cutter, moving to Lightning Ridge in 1970. For the next 30 years, Greg endured the rigours of a miners life carting water twice a week in two 44 gallon drums to the shaft. Many would say this was a small price to pay for the satisfaction of having cut some of the most famous opals ever to come out of Australia.
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- PublisherGP Creations
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0646372661
- ISBN 13 9780646372662
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages204
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BLACK OPAL A Comprehensive Guide to Cutting and Orientating.
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GP Creations, Urangan, Qld
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ISBN 13: 9780646372662
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. With many colour photographic illustrations, bottom edge of front cover board has a small dent otherwise A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 250 x 180mm; 204 pages. Seller Inventory # 26213
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Black Opal: A Comprehensive Guide to Cutting and Orientating. (with VHS tape)
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ISBN 13: 9780646372662
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 204pp, num color ills, bw diagrams, glossary, maps, VHS tape. Or pictorial laminated boards in jacket with VHS video tape in publishers box. Books and tape as new, some minor wear to box. SIGNED by author on title page. Comprehensive account of the nature, finding, cutting and orientating of black opal including production of doublets and triplets, mining, Lightning Ridge opal fields, solids, maps of several opal fields and much more. Suitable for the beginner or the expert. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 052251
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