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Lightning Ridge Opal in High Definition.
From:
Jewelers Circular Keystone
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February 1, 2008| Author:
Roskin, Gary
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By Gary Roskin, G.G., FGA, Senior Editor
A fun festival Down Under is also a serious celebration of a gemstone
worthy of higher praise.
For more than a century, the landscape of Lightning Ridge, Australia, has been transformed by opal fever. For miles in all directions, this flat, desert-dusty land of cactus and brush is dotted with thousands of holes, with small piles of mine tailings next to them. Lightning Ridge-formerly Wallangulla, appro...
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