We visit the Australian Opal Centre in Lightning Ridge and explore examples of Australian opal, from many different locations.

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Special thanks to Jenni Brammall at the Australian Opal Centre.

This is by no means an exhaustive look at Australian opal. There are many other opal fields and opal bearing areas, and heaps more examples of opal formations, types, colours and weird quirks of geology. If there's a particular area or type of opal you'd like to see more about, please leave a comment!

These examples were chosen from a selection of specimens; they don't necessarily represent the "best of the best" of each opal category. They're all beautiful, though!

00:00 Introduction
00:35 Lightning Ridge, NSW
05:10 White Cliffs, NSW
05:35 Tintenbar, NSW
06:35 Winton, Qld
07:34 Yowah, Qld
08:48 Koroit, Qld
09:33 Coober Pedy, SA
10:23 Mintabie, SA
11:20 Andamooka, SA
12:57 Western Australia

More info on the locations mentioned:
Lightning Ridge on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightni...
Lightning Ridge visitor information: https://lightningridgeinfo.com.au
White Cliffs on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_C...
White Cliffs visitor information: http://www.whitecliffsnsw.com.au
Tintenbar on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintenb...
Tintenbar visitor information: https://www.discoverballina.com.au/vi...
Winton on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winton,...
Winton visitor information: http://www.experiencewinton.com.au/vi...
Yowah on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yowah
Yowah visitor information:
https://www.yowahtouristcentre.com
Coober Pedy on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coober_...
Coober Pedy visitor information: https://www.cooberpedy.sa.gov.au/tourism
Mintabie on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintabi...
Andamooka on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andamoo...
Andamooka visitor information: http://www.andamooka.sa.au


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