The Opal thread...

[chrisski 809]

I don't see anything that looks like any letters.  If you want to trace it out and post, I know a couple dozen of the 4500 kanji.

[clay 962]

Kanji are Japanese characters Chris. The OP is seeing Chinese. I see Greek writing but what it spells is too naughty to post on a public forum.

[Mila 5]

Thanks all for trying! I'll show to you what I meant later.

In a meantime see any writings in this opal?

https://youtu.be/o4TQFxSvgQE

[Mila 5]

It appears that you  believe that  "Chinese  writings" means only these  writings that they could be read. Well, if you are to look at this category Chinese writings here https://www.opalauctions.com/auctions/chinese-writing-opals/ you will see that many of the opals in this category have less resemblance to Chinese writings than mine do.

[Jadee 19]

Here are some of my opals from Ethiopia - they are raw of course; I have yet to learn about polishing these on my wheel and I would rather I would have an expert standing near by to guide me. I have been trying to find a rock club near where I live but there aren't any that I have found one yet. There is Minnesota Mineral club but that is a good 25 miles from where I live. If I found a tutor how much would it cost? 

 

[Jadee 19]

 Here are some cabbed Ethiopians. I bought them from a lapidary company some years back, I am not too sure if we are allowed to say the name of the business on here, but if we can I would love to share it. They did such a beautiful job on these!