The Opal Cave

Australian Opal Mining 2017 Laith Chaz

Professional Voice Actor Laith Chaz:
I provided narration for the video above that details the processes for an Australian Opal Mining Business. It also highlights the rewards and the dangers that come from mining Opal.

Our Opal Mine in Lightning Ridge

Exploring our Opal Mine at the Grawin Opal Fields near Lightning Ridge.

Living underground in the Australian Outback

There's a treasure hunt going on in Coober Pedy, Australia, where opal was discovered a hundred years ago. As much as 80 percent of the world's opal supply comes from Coober Pedy's mines. But with summertime temperatures soaring to 120 degrees, the town features hundreds of dug out homes, burrowed into the rock and naturally cooled. Seth Doane explores the underground town, complete with bar, beauty salon, bookstore and hotel.

The Rookies Find Valuable Opal In A Dangerous Abandoned Mine | Outback Opal Hunters

While searching for opal 30m underground in an abandoned mine, the Rookies must be careful to avoid caving in the tunnels. Can they find enough opal before it becomes too dangerous to continue?

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We struck it big Opal mining. Excitement kicks in!

Watch Justin and his opal mining crew strike it rich and find some gem opals. The boys are pretty happy when they see amazing colors roll out of the agitator,

Large Commercial Parcel of opal from Lighning Ridge AustraliaRp969

Your chance to buy a large commercial quantiy of lightning ridge material. Most of the piece of colour are on the much sort-after black base. Yes there is some just potch pieces in it, if it was all cutters then the price would be reflect the fact

Opal Heritage listed mine 3 mile Lightning Ridge Australia.

Opal jewelry from Graham Black opal mine Graham Black at 3 mile road Lightning ridge NSW Australia. I am Australian Goldsmith jewelry designer mining opal and black Opal gemstones no slick talking smooth sales pitch here at just extremely good jewelry craftsmanship and gemstones. value for you money

Light Opal from Lightning Ridge - Australia

3.0 Carats. Chubby Oval. See more opals like this in my store at

Day 75 Kate Drilling For Opals Coober Pedy SA

G'day Erik. Welcome to Day 75. This is Auntie Kate drilling for opals in Tom's Underground Mine in Coober Pedy SA. Lotsa Love Dad

Opal mining at Lightning Ridge

Black opal mining at Grawin, Lightning Ridge, Australia

Opal Miners Find $8000 Worth Of Crystal Boulder Opal! | Outback Opal Hunters

Opal miners Aaron & Greg are mining without the help of their partner Cole Duff, however they kick off their mining season well and find £8000 dollars worth of Crystal Boulder Opal.

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3.28ct Lightning Ridge Gem Black Opal Carving LR93

3.6 Carats - Light Opal from Lightning Ridge Australia

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Marly's Visit To Lightning Ridge, N.S.W. Australia

Marly received a special invite and has now visited the wonders of Australia's brilliant new Black Opal & Fossil Expo, with hands-on action at Lightning Ridge in Outback NSW, just 750km North West from Sydney.

The region's aboriginal heritage is linked in through Opalicious Opal's new EXPO & Tag-Along Tours -- to the opal fields and to search for opals and fossils from the past. He had a marvellous time and could not believe what he
heard and saw.

Opal Jim, is the heart of the Expo and an icon at The Ridge; he has lived there for around 40 years; he dreamed of, planned and built the Expo, along with a guy they call The Viking and their tame Gemmologist Barrie O'Leary -
who wrote A Field Guide to Australian Opals.
With another oldtimer, Tony, they guided Marly through a pioneering and entrepreneurial experience in all above-ground opal activities at The Ridge where fortunes are made and lost and the true entrepreneur is still king.

They took him fossicking for colour, showed him the play of colour and how opals change with lighting changes; they showed him how to buy his own opal rough for cutting and polishing and preparing the finished gemstones for mounting into rings, pendants and other jewellery.
Marly met a lot of the locals and had some great conversations with them. You can see the locals in some of the other videos.



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Lightning Ridge Opal Mines

In the caves of Coober Pedy

Coober Pedy is In Australia and is the Opal capitol of the world. it is a small town and everyone lives under ground.

Amazing Black Opal Parcel of Rough from Lightning Ridge with Red Fire Colour

These rare Black Opal rough pieces will be rubbed down and listed on Opal Auctions. Not many cutters get to rub down Opals of this quality in their whole life.

Abandoned opal mine

Slovak opal mines, also known as Mines of Dubnik, Dubnik Opal Mines, in the second half of the 19th century they were also called Červenik-Dubnik opal mines, Hungarian: A Vörösvágás – dubniki opálbányak, or Vörösvágás Dubniker Opálgruben. First written mention about the village Červenica specifically mentioning opal mines is from 1409. Mines were known in the entire world since the end of the 16th century because of the opal mined here. It is possible that opal was mined here since the roman era. Slovak opal was a firm favourite of Napoleon’s family. Empress Joséphine wore the most famous piece called Fire of Troy. The largest opal found was called Harlequin, mined in 1775 and valued at 700 000 Dutch guilders. Today it is displayed in the Museum of Natural History in Vienna.

The opal mines enjoyed a golden era working with the family of a jeweller from Vienna Samuela Johanna Nepomuka Goldschmidt, who lived in Dubnik. Slovak Opal Mines were the only mined deposit of opal worldwide until the discovery of deposits in Mexico and Australia in the 19th century. Mining operations were suspended indefinitely after the creation of Czechoslovakia because of bad financial situation.

The history of opal mines until 1922 was documented by a distinguished Slovak Historian Štefan Butkovič in his book History of Slovak precious opal from Dubnik. The golden age of Opal Mines near Červenica is recalled by the reconstructed entrance into tunnel Jozef.
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