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Australia, New South Wales

Lightning Ridge NSW

Black opal

Opal field Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

OpalOpal

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: black opal

Documented rockhounding locality.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote or mine ground
heat, shafts, weather

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