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Opal Cutting Made Easy... A Step-By-Step Guide to Cutting Opal For the Beginner and Advanced Cutter by award winning cutter Paul B. Downing. This revised & expanded simple guide will teach you how to fashion Opal into beautiful gems. It is amazingly easy and very enjoyable. Takes the beginner through the first stone to advanced cutting techniques, including doublet and triplet making. Topics Include: •Introduction To Opal Cuttng •Tools and Basic Cutting •Opal Cutting Instructions For The Beginner •Orienting The Color •Sawing Opal •Cutting Standard Sized Opals •Rough Opal Sources •Cutting Hints For Special Material •Cutting Black Opals •Cutting Boulder Opal •Cutting Mexican Opal •Cutting Doublets and Triplets •Loosen Up Your Opal Cutting Straight Jacket •Carving Opal •Setting Opal For Lasting Beauty •How To Buy Opal Rough •The Care and Feeding of Opal. Revised 1997 - Status: Out of print - New Stock on hand in limited quanities. Get it while it is available. In Stock and ships immediately. Shipping weight 1 lb. Order NOW. Just $17.50! Plus Shipping.