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Lightning Ridge opal fields (opalised fossils)

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dpulitzer (CC BY-SA 4.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Cretaceous

Only place with opalised dinosaur bone. Miner's tailings; report significant verts.

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