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 ...

Australian jewellery designer Sarah Munro of Sarah & Sebastian is intent on educating the brand’s key target market – the 24 to 35 age group – on the allure of opals, opting for the crystal ...

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 ...

While Mexico, Brazil, Honduras and the United States also have mines, Australia officially claims that "95% of the world's precious opals" come from its territory.

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.

Exclusive: Sparkly, opal-filled fossils reveal new dinosaur species. Australian miners uncovered the gem of a find—a dog-size herbivore named Weewarrasaurus pobeni.