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Cumborah opal field

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

OpalOpal

Also reported: potch and colour.

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

Why this spot

Opal workings in gravel ridges near Cumborah between Walgett and the Grawin fields

Documented in Lightning Ridge district opal field accounts.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts

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