Australian Opals

Welcome to Australian Opals!

Today in this article we will cover a wide range of topics based on the unique Australian Opal that is well sort for worldwide.

Australia is the world largest producer of Opal and responsible for 97% all Opals distributed worldwide.

Where Are Aussie Opals Found?

There are many Opal Mining Towns in Australia, but there are seven famous opal mining towns that are recognised internationally for their fantastic opals, these towns have produced quality opals over the last century.

These towns include!

• South Australia- Cooper Pedy, Mintabie and Andamooka
• New South Wales - White Cliffs and Lightning Ridge
• Queensland - Winton and Quilpie

 There are many Opal Mining Towns in Australia, but there are seven famous opal mining towns that are recognised internationally for their fantastic opals, these towns have produced quality opals over the last century.

These towns include!

·         South Australia- Cooper Pedy, Mintabie and Andamooka

·         New South Wales - White Cliffs and Lightning Ridge

·         Queensland-  Winton and Quilpie

The Great Aussie Opal & The Outback

 Australian Opals are found in the tough Aussie outback and these miners take on extreme conditions chasing opals of all types.

Some areas within the mining towns look like a moonscape with all the dirt that has been dug over time chasing after the precious opal that can be found in these outback towns.

The Australian Outback has extreme temperatures with raging heat in the summer and freezing nights in the winter.  It truly takes a great character to search for the Aussie Opal with such a passion.

Many stay here full time and others come and go searching for the elusive opal, and maybe, just maybe stumble across the most sort after Opal, The Black Opal

 Australian Opals are found in the tough Aussie outback and these miners take on extreme conditions chasing opals of all types.

Some areas within the mining towns look like a moonscape with all the dirt that has been dug over time chasing after the precious opal that can be found in these outback towns.

The Australian Outback has extreme temperatures with raging heat in the summer and freezing nights in the winter.  It truly takes a great character to search for the Aussie Opal with such a passion.

Many stay here full time and others come and go searching for the elusive opal, and maybe, just maybe stumble across the most sort after Opal, The Black Opal

 Australia’s Black Opal is the world’s most precious opal and is mostly found in the harsh outback town of New South Wales at Lightning Ridge.

The Black Opal has a dark toned body which can range from dark grey to a deep jet black.  This is related to the body of the stone and not the overall general appearance of this lovely stone.

The dark body of the Opal reflects the rainbow of colours in such a way that it can almost be mesmerising to the beholder.

Unlike many other opals the Black Opal has carbon and iron oxide trace elements within the stone.  This causes the unusual darkness that provides this stone with a rainbow of colour that other opals just don’t have.

· The Crystal Opal - The word Crystal Opal refers to any unset opal that has a transparent, translucent or semi translucent body.

Light can pass through a Crystal Opal and this stone can display a wide variety of colourful spectrums.

The town White Cliffs in New South Wales Australia seems to have the largest source of Crystal Opal, although this wonderful stone can also been found in other mining towns in New South Wales such as Lightning Ridge.

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 The Australian Opal mining history really started off quite slowly and definitely wasn’t a boom like a Gold Rush.

A German geologist named Professor Johannes Menge discovered a green opal in South Australia approximately 80 kilometres north of Adelaide around 1840.

The first legal mine issued with a permit was issued in 1871 in the outback town of Quilpie.

In 1873 the Boulder Opal was discovered in the hills of the Barcoo district. Following the discovery of other opal deposits throughout Australia miners pioneered the Aussie outback in search of precious Australian Opals

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