Opal mining is a risky business that has lured hordes of Greeks, Serbs, Croats, Italians, and Germans to build one of Australia's most multicultural outposts in the middle of the desert.

Before the Australian Opal Center was in town, specimens of interest that had been acquired from miners were sent to far-away natural history museums, including the Australian Museum in Sydney, ...

Nearly 70 rare pieces from South Australian Museum’s opals collection worth A$4m will be showcased at an exhibition which opens at the Australian Embassy on Wednesday. This will be the first ...

Jetter is talking about a 306 carat, black opal from Australia, buried in the earth for the last 400 million years. An Australian miner named Bobby discovered the stone and is now ready to share ...

Giant Australian opal sells for $144K in Alaska: 'Locked up long enough' ‘Americus Australis,’ a 11,855-carat opal, was sold for a six-figure price by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals ...

Australian precious opals result from very special conditions that pertained 100 million years ago when the great Eromanga Sea, external, then covering central Australia, started to dry out.

The Fire of Australia, the world’s finest uncut opal, has gone on permanent public display for the first time since its discovery more than 60 years ago.

Welcome to the South Australian town of Coober Pedy, the opal capital of the world, where in days gone by, Saturday night at the drive-in would often end with a bang. Image.

A herd of opal-encrusted dinosaurs representing an entirely new species has been discovered in Australia. The fossils were first unearthed in an opal mine in New South Wales back in the 1980s.

Robert A. Smith, courtesy Australian Opal Centre. There was only one explanation: Each shoulder blade belonged to a separate individual. The largest shoulder blade likely belonged to an adult, ...