E YOU AT THE TOP OF SEE YOU AT
THE NEXT HOUR WITH HOME
SOLUTIONS.
>>HOST: HI MARLO, GOOD >
TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.
>>GUEST: I LOVE HER HAIR
HAIR!
>>HOST: IN THE PROMPTER
WE WERE TRYING TO
DISTRACT HER BUT SHE'S A
HIGHLY SKILLED
PROFESSIONAL.
[LAUGHTER] I AM SHIVAN
WE HAVE YOUR VERY NATIVE
AND ETHIOPIAN OPAL. I
WANT TO PUT IT AGAINST W
MY SKIN SO YOU CAN SEE
THE MATERIAL AND THE
CRAFTSMANSHIP. LOOK AT
THIS PRECIOUS OPAL.
>>GUEST: THIS IS THE
ROUGH. YOU KNOW WE ARE
WORKING ON AN ETHIOPIAN
PROJECT AND I CAN'T TELL
YOU FOR WHAT SHOW BUT
WERE HOPING TO DO SOME
FOOTERS SO YOU COULD SEE
THE MINERS. WE'VE ONLY
HAD ONE OTHER ETHIOPIAN
OPAL ON THIS MORNING AND
IT WAS $2999, AND WE
ONLY HAD SEVEN OF THEM,
AND THEY ALL SOLD OUT.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF THE AFFORDABLE
RANGE FOR THE GENERAL
PUBLIC AND THIS IS
ETHIOPIAN OPAL AND WHAT
WE CALL TRI-COLOR. THE
GOLDER COLOR AND IT HAS
THE FIRE IN IT AND THE
GOLD IS WHAT WE CALL
LIONS MANE AND VERY RARE
MATERIAL. IT'S NOT MATER
REALLY BLACK BUT LIKE
COCOA CHOCOLATE OPAL AND
THOSE ARE ALL THE THOSE
NATURAL COLORS AND VERY
LIMITED. YOU KNOW IT'S
REALLY CRAZY? EVERY TIME
I HAVE A GOOD THING I HA
GOING ON THERE SOMEONE
THAT GOES AND RUINS MY
DEAL RIGHT? WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN ETHIOPIA, H
IN FEBRUARY AT THE IN FE
TUCSON SHOW(...) THE
ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT(...)
USED TO BE THAT 95% OF
PRECIOUS OPAL CAME OUT P
OF AUSTRALIA, BUT
THAT'S NOT THE CASE
ANYMORE. I WOULD SAY
THERE'S VIRTUALLY NOTHING
AND PROBABLY LESS THAN
THREE OR 5% OF THE
WORLD'S PRECIOUS OPAL IS
COMING OUT OF AUSTRALIA
BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY
SHUT DOWN AND NOTHINGS
HAPPENING AS FAR AS
MINING PRECIOUS OPAL, SO
WHAT'S HAPPENED IS
ETHIOPIA HAS TAKEN OVER
AND PROVIDED THE LION
SHARE AND 90+ PERCENT OF
ALL THE PRECIOUS OPAL IN
THE WORLD IS COMING FROM
ETHIOPIA. THE IF YOU
BEING GOVERNMENT IN 2014
WOMEN SO YOU CANNOT
EXPORT THE ROUGH EXPORT
MATERIAL NOW AND MATERIA
LECITHIN A FINISHED
PRODUCT SO WHAT DOES PRO
THAT MEAN? YOU CAN'T
BY THE ROUGH IN ETHIOPIA
AND TAKE IT OUT OF THE
COUNTRY AND CUT IT. CO
YOU SAY WILL BIG DEAL.
IT'S A HUGE THING IT'S A
BECAUSE TO CUT OPAL, AL
IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST I
IF NOT THE TOUGHEST
MATERIALS ESPECIALLY IN
PRECIOUS OPAL TO WORK
WITH AND KEEP THE FIRE
THEY HAVE TO CHASE THE
FIRE AND KEEP THAT GLEAM
AND OPALESCENCE TO IT, O
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU
LEARN OVERNIGHT. IT'S
LIKE BEING A DIAMOND
CUTTER IT'S A SKILL. W
WHAT'S HAPPENED IS I WHA
HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE
SETTING UP SHOPS IN
ETHIOPIA AND BRINGING
PEOPLE IN AND SETTING UP
CUTTING SHOPS. IT'S
PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE
THE RELEASING YEAR OR
EVEN TWO YEARS TO GET
ENOUGH PEOPLE TRAINED UP
THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY(..
ACTUALLY(...) [INAUDIBLE]
>>HOST: IT'S NOT
OVERNIGHT.
>>GUEST: LONG STORY
SHORT THE ROUGH THAT IS
OUT THERE IN THE CUTTING
SHOPS NOW THAT IS WHAT S
WE CAN WORK FROM BUT WE
ONCE WE GO THROUGH ALL
THAT UNLESS WE CAN(...)
THEY CAN GEAR UP IN
ETHIOPIA AND BE ABLE TO
DO SOMETHING, IT COULD D
BE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
SEE THIS MATERIAL FOR A
LONG TIME.
>>HOST: OKAY THAT MAKES
ME SAD BUT HERE'S WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH 20 HAPPEN
SECONDS LEFT IS 200 136 00:04:01,600 AVAILABLE AND DON'T THEY