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Jundah opal field

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Why this spot

Boulder opal in weathered Winton Formation sandstone around the Thomson River town of Jundah

Documented western Queensland opal field in mining records and opal literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remoteness, heat, old shafts

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