Opal News & Articles

2008

Funky new designs put a new spin on national gemstone June 30	Opals Down Under release the Horizon Opal Pendant June 19	War affected children benefit from sale of Charis opal pendant June 2
Move over Diamonds, Opal Engagement Rings are all the rage May 29	Opals Down Under unveils The Charis Opal Pendant May 7	Black opal named an official emblem of NSW April 10
Opals Down Under launches new website April 10	Living the opal dream - a life loving opals March 11	Unique treasures uncovered - the art of opal cutting February 10
Opal industry events calendar 2008 - 2009 January 25

 

2007

• Opal mining & native title ILUA update
• Radioactive "glow" takes the guess work out of opal mining
• Lightning Ridge - the Ridge of Destiny

2006

• Earth yields opulent opal
• Rare Gem - Opals Down Under turns 21
• Rainbow dreams for Immo & Louise Stein
• Love on the opal fields
• Boulder Opal Association's committee submission on native title
• Opal miners should fit guards to prevent injury on the opal fields

2005

• Australian opal's struggle with its image
• Opal miners dig up troubles

2004

• Opal miners starved for ground
• Opal and Fossil Centre planned for Lightning Ridge
• Quilpie celebrates opal festival
• Lightning Ridge farmers call for more protection against opal mining
• Opals born with a boom?
• Opal eludes the high tech probe
• Prosecution over illegal opal prospecting
• Discovery of the "Virgin Rainbow" opal fossil
• Winton opal mines Indigenous Land Use Agreement

2003

• Opals manufactured by beetles
• Opal industry needs a boost
• Cypress props up opal industry
• White Cliffs is cool when the mercury rises
• Opal miners celebrate native title deal

2002

• Fake opal plot cons tourists

2001

• Australia's largest ever dinosaur skeleton
• An industry at the crossroads

1996

• Ridge gets tough on opal ratters