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Post by ET_Explorer on May 7, 2016 17:31:07 GMT
Veteran miner John Dunstan is credited with discovering the Virgin Rainbow in the desert soil of Coober Pedy in South Australia in 2003. Dustan has mined opals for 50 years, but the internal fire of the Virgin Rainbow is unlike anything he’s ever seen. Dustan explained that the Virgin Rainbow is a Belemnite pipe, which is essentially an opal that formed in the skeleton of an extinct ancestor of the common cuttlefish. Article Source The Virgin Rainbow Opal Coober Pedy South A....kmz (1.06 KB)
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Post by Admin on May 7, 2016 17:56:32 GMT
My Dad took us to Coober Pedy about '68 and we came back with around 20 Opals, all about thumbnail size, they are without doubt the most beautiful semi precious stones ever. The family still have them.
I was around 4 years old and still remember going down the dug out holes that others had been before.
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