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The Yowah opal field in the Shire of Paroo. The Yowah nut is a type of precious opal, found within the Yowah opal fields situated in Yowah, Shire of Paroo, South West Queensland, Australia since the latter part of the 19th century. [1] These opals are known for their distinctive nut-like shape, opalescent patterns, and vibrant colours.
Yowah is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Yowah had a population of 126 people.[1]The town is known for its opal mining and numerous opal fields that lie around the town as well as the "Yowah nut", a local type of opal distinctive to the region.
Koroit is close to the town of Yowah which also produces a similar type of opal. The Koroit opal field is known for the very distinctive type of boulder opal that is found in its mines. In Queensland boulder opal is found within a 300 km wide belt of sedimentary rocks in the Winton Formation. Here opal is found as a kernel in small concretions. [1]
Outback Opal Hunters is an Australian factual television show which follows opal miners across various sites in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. The series is produced by Prospero Productions and began on the Discovery Channel on 8 February 2018. The series has been a ratings success ...
Opal from Yowah, Queensland, Australia Camera data. Camera Canon EOS 400D; Lens Canon EF 70-200mm f4L w/ 36mm + 24mm + 12mm extension tubes; Flash Shoot Through Umbrella; Focal length 94 mm; Aperture f/11; Exposure time 1/200 s; Sensivity ISO 400; Date: 2 February 2009: Source: Own work, specimen from the Willems Miner Collection: Author: JJ ...
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A Peruvian opal (also called blue opal) is a semi-opaque to opaque blue-green stone found in Peru, which is often cut to include the matrix in the more opaque stones. It does not display a play of color. Blue opal also comes from Oregon and Idaho in the Owyhee region, as well as from Nevada around the Virgin Valley. [17] Opal is also formed by ...
Eulo State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls on the southern corner of Leo Street and Emu Street (18] [19] The enrolments between 2010 and 2012 have ranged from 11 to 16 students.