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  2. Coober Pedy - Wikipedia

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    While opal mining around the town had slumped in the early 1940s, it picked up after a local Aboriginal woman, Tottie Bryant, discovered a large deposit in 1945. [24] In August 1956 at the Eight Mile opal field, the Olympic Australis opal was found approximately 30 feet below the ground. It is the largest and one of the most valuable opals ...

  3. Opal - Wikipedia

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    The primary sources of opal are Australia and Ethiopia, but because of inconsistent and widely varying accountings of their respective levels of extraction, it is difficult to accurately state what proportion of the global supply of opal comes from either country. Australian opal has been cited as accounting for 95–97% of the world's supply ...

  4. Fire of Australia opal - Wikipedia

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    The opal is just under 5,000 carats; roughly equivalent in size to two cricket balls. [1] Although rough-cut, it is polished on two sides. [3]Due to the evaporation of an inland sea several million years ago, South Australia is one of the few places on Earth where opals of this size can be created.

  5. Koroit opal field - Wikipedia

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    The Koroit opal field is an opal mining area in Paroo Shire in South West Queensland, Australia. It is located about 80 km north northwest of Cunnamulla . It is not a town, nor should it be confused with the town of Koroit in rural western Victoria , Australia.

  6. World's most expensive opal literally glows in the dark - AOL

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    It's valued at over $1 million and was purchased by the South Australian Museum in Adelaide which will be presenting it as part of their "Opals" exhibit to celebrate 100 years of gemstone mining ...

  7. Mintabie, South Australia - Wikipedia

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    Mintabie is an opal mining community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY lands) in South Australia.It was unique in comparison to other communities situated in the APY Lands, in that its residents were largely not of Aboriginal Australian origin, and the land had been leased to the Government of South Australia for opal mining purposes since the 1980s.

  8. Mining in Australia - Wikipedia

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    OpalAustralia is the world's largest producer of opal, being responsible for 95% of production. [ 41 ] Zinc – Australia was third to China and Peru in zinc production in 2019, producing 1.3 million tonnes, 10% of world production.

  9. Analysis-Australian mine fight reignites Aboriginal heritage ...

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    On her objections, the Australian government in August ordered miner Regis Resources to find a new dam site for a A$1 billion ($685 million) gold project on the grounds its proposed location for ...

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