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Opal Creek Wilderness Cabins of former mining community of Jawbone Flats, now owned by Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center. The Opal Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Willamette National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, on the border of the Mount Hood National Forest.It has the largest uncut watershed in Oregon.pal Creek and nearby Opal Lake were named for Opal Elliot, wife of early Forest Service ranger Roy Elliot.
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The Gemstone Opal - Form of transparent Opal from Mexico, usually with an orange or red colors, used as a as a gemstone. Mexican Fire Opal usually refers to the form without play of color. If it exhibits a play of color, it is known as Precious Fire Opal. Milk Opal. - Opal with a milky-white color.
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- Opal is not common in Kentucky, but may occur in some siliceous fossils, particularly in the black shale, and in microscopic amounts in cherts and chalcedony. Opal is not a stable mineral, and in geologic time alters to other silicate minerals. Many fossils found in Kentucky are silicified.
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Coober Pedy Opal was found in Coober Pedy on 1 February 1915; since then the town has been supplying most of the world's gem-quality opal. Coober Pedy today relies as much on tourism as the opal mining industry to provide the community with employment and sustainability.
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Mining overview Mining overview. The black opal mined at Lightning Ridge is a unique and highly valued gemstone. It is generally found at 6 to 18 m below ground level in the deeply weathered claystone layer of the Griman Creek Formation of Early Cretaceous age. This forms a distinct layer below the overlying sandstone and conglomerate of Tertiary age.
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Opal Andamooka in South Australia is also a major producer of matrix opal, crystal opal, and black opal. Another Australian town, Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, is the main source of black opal, opal containing a predominantly dark background (dark-gray to blue-black displaying the play of color).
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Famous Opals Aurora Australis (picture and information courtesy of Altmann & Cherny) The Aurora Australis was found in 1938 at Lightning Ridge and is considered the world's most valuable black opal. The oval, cut and polished stone has a harlequin pattern with dominant red, green and blue colors against a black background. It weighs 180 cts. and is 3 inches by 1.8 inches.
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Australian Opal Mining Fields South Australia has four active opal mining fields, Andamooka, Coober Pedy, Lambina and Mintabie. South Australia is largest producer of opal in terms of volume, and produces the white opal or 'milky' type of opal.
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Coober Pedy - Australia's Opal Capital Living underground and mining opals: a much better life style than you might think! About Coober Pedy - Australia. Coober Pedy is called - no, Coober Pedy is - the opal capital of the world. It's not the only opal mining town in Australia, but it is by far the biggest and produces more opal than any other place in the world. You know you are getting closer to Coober Pedy when the South Australian Outback left and right of the Stuart Highway turns totally flat, barren and featureless.
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Opal The majority of Black Precious Opals come from Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia and are the most famous and sought after Opals in the world. Black Opal is considered to be extremely lucky and the most uplifting of the Opals, bringing Light into the aura.
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www.kidzrocks.com Green Opals are deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most commonly found with limonite, sandstone, Rhyolite, marl and basalt. Opal is the national gemstone of Australia, which produces 97% of the world's supply.
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- Opals show a play-of-colour (a shifting of spectral colours)Opals are found in the regions of Mexico, Brazil, USA, Japan, Honduras, Kenya, Czechoslovakia, Peru, Canada but by far Australia is the main source of opals, almost ninety-five per cent of all fine opals come from the dry and remote outback deserts.
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-   Found in 1956 at the Eight Mile opal field in Coober Pedy, South Australia, it was found a … t a depth of 30 feet and so named because the Olympic Games were being held in Melbourne at the time.  The Olympic Australis consists of 99% gem opal, with the remainder of 1% being the soil still attached to the stone. Found in 1956 at the Eight Mile opal field in Coober Pedy, South Australia, it was found a … t a depth of 30 feet and so named because the Olympic Games were being held in Melbourne at the time.
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Types of Opal Peruvian opal (also called blue opal) is a semiopaque to opaque blue-green stone found in Peru, which is often cut to include the matrix in the more opaque stones. It does not display pleochroism. Blue opal also comes from Oregon in the Owhyee region, as well as from Nevada around Virgin Valley.he internal structure of precious opal makes it diffract light; depending on the conditions in which it formed, it can take on many colors. Precious opal ranges from clear through white, gray, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, magenta, rose, pink, slate, olive, brown, and black.
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- The Opals. Opals from Virgin Valley are primarily specimen only. They are casts after wood and can appear as limbs twigs or even pinecones. The colors of opal from Virgin Valley can vary widely; from colorless to black. The colors in Virgin Valley opals are world class.
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Peruvian Opal: Beautiful Common Opal from Peru Some of the world's most beautiful common opal is produced in Peru. Common opal lacks a play of color but it can be cut into colorful cabochons. Peruvian opal provides an excellent example.The blue and pink stone in the photographs at right were cut from rough material mined in Peru.The blue stone is a teardrop-shaped cabochon that is about 13 millimeters by 8 millimeters and weighs 2.3 carats.The pink beads show a range of color and are about 4 millimeters in diameter.he blue and pink stone in the photographs at right were cut from rough material mined in Peru. The blue stone is a teardrop-shaped cabochon that is about 13 millimeters by 8 millimeters and weighs 2.3 carats. The pink beads show a range of color and are about 4 millimeters in diameter.
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Opal The name Opal is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Opal is: Jewel. The name Opal is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Opal is: Opal (precious stone). Jewel names became popular in the 19th century.
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Lightning Ridge, New South Wales The Lightning Ridge area is a world-renowned centre of the mining of black opals and other opal gemstones.Lightning Ridge has the largest known deposits of black opals in the world.The name Lightning Ridge is said to have originated when in the 1870s some passers by found the bodies of a farmer, his dog and 200 sheep which had been struck by lightning.he name Lightning Ridge is said to have originated when in the 1870s some passers by found the bodies of a farmer, his dog and 200 sheep which had been struck by lightning.
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Metaphysical Healing Properties Of Opal Blue Peruvian Opal: Relatively rare and comes from the Andes in Peru, it is a moderately translucent stone with a blue-green color quite similar to the Caribbean Sea.ealing Properties Of Opal. Opal is a stone of inspiration which enhances the imagination and creativity as well. It helps one release inhibitions and enhances the memory. Opal is also said to be a very spiritual stone, and can help one be invisible in situations where they don't care to be noticed.
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Definitions &Translations Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·nH2O); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Because of its amorphous character, it is classed as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms of silica, which are classed as minerals.
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- See thousands of Opal jewelry pieces, Stunning and genuine Australian opal stones. International perpetual guarantee. 40 years experience in opal. (left)Visitors from Germany to the old Opal miner’s Hut and Jewelry store at the southern end of the Gold Coast, Australia.
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New Deposit of Black Opal from Ethiopia Opal was first discovered in Ethiopia in the early 1990s. Specimens from Mezezo in the historical Shewa province consist of nodules of a reddish brown volcanic rock with orange, reddish brown, or “chocolate” brown precious opal inside.pal was first discovered in Ethiopia in the early 1990s. Specimens from Mezezo in the historical Shewa province consist of nodules of a reddish brown volcanic rock with orange, reddish brown, or “chocolate” brown precious opal inside.
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TREATING ANDAMOOKA MATRIX OPAL Matrix Opal is a permeable opal, which is originated from Andamooka, South Australia, mostly in tinted gloomy or carbonized with acid and sugar to reproduce Black Opal. A variety of boulder opal also appears in Andamooka, South Australia, where the multitude rock is quartzite.
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- Myrtle Creek is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 3,419 at the 2000 census. It is the birthplace of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.5 km²), all of it land.
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- Most Precious Opal is mined in Australia, the U.S., and Mexico. Some of the most famous Opal deposits are in Australia, and below are the most significant Australian localities: Andamooka, South Australia; Coober Pedy, South Australia Lightning Ridge, New South Wales Mintabie, South Australia White Cliffs, New South Wales
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World War II (Central Victory) The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific and was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937, but the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom.