David Hole had a rock of considerable value in his home for several years. He found it near Melbourne, Australia. He thought ...

“They are gifts from Mother Earth and are, fittingly, Australia’s national gemstone.” Kelly can usually be found prospecting ...

Dan Measey loves opals. He’s addicted to their mesmerising colour and the thrill of finding them in the harsh Outback desert near Coober Pedy.

But over 90% of the world's opal comes from Australia. And a lot of the black ... underground room large enough to start digging at the rock. Frederick: The basic idea of mining is basically ...

With the largest, best-quality Australian opals worth more than £600,000 thanks ... which involves scraping away a few inches of rock with an excavator, and then periodically investigating ...

Tucked beneath the back of the stairs at the Ramada by Wyndham Tucson, 777 W. Cushing Street, Eritrean-born Huruy Zerzghi ...

Using a database of over 3000 images of opal in various states—within rock walls, loose ... the series set to be on TV sometime in 2025 in Australia. “During the filming of Opal Hunters ...