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History of Opals and Opal Mining
> Australian Museum National Opal Collection
> Australian Museum researches opalised fossil
> Fossicking in NSW
> Fossils, opalised fossils, sea snails and shells
> Legendary Opal Miners
> Opal Legends
> Opal Mines
> Mining Opals in Wyoming USA
> Opal Links
Types of Opal
> Black Opal
> Boulder Opal
> Crystal Opal
> Fire Opal
> Matrix Opal
> White Opal
> Yowah Nuts
> Opal Doublets
> Opal Triplets
> Opal Jewelry
Famous Opals
> The Andamooka Opal (The Queen's Opal)
> Aurora Australis
> The Black Prince
> The Butterfly Stone
> The Flame Queen
> Halley's Comet
> Jupiter Five
> Olympic Australis
> Pride of Australia
> The Virgin Rainbow
Buying Guide for Opals
> Opal Store USA
> Birthstone for October (modern); alternate for June
> Care for Opals
> Cutting Opals
> Opal Store Amazon USA
> Opal shop Australia
> Glossary of Terms
> Investing in Opals - The Value of Opals as an Investment
> Lapidary Information
> Buy Opals Australia
Australian Opal Mines
> Andamooka Mines, SA
> Coober Pedy, SA
> Lightning Ridge, NSW
> Mintabie or Mintabee, SA
> Opalton, Qld
> Quilpie, Qld
> White Cliffs, NSW
> Winton, Qld
> Yowah, Qld
Gem & Jewelry Pocket Guide:
A Traveler's Guide to Buying Diamonds, Colored Gems, Pearls, Gold and Platinum Jewelry
by Renee Newman
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Legendary Opal Miners
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The famous Virgin Rainbow Black Opal is for sale here!
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Legendary Opal Miners
The three old opal miners are Greg Sherman (seated at table); David Caplan, USA, (standing on right); and standing at the rear, the late legendary Spencer Darwin Dunstan, father of John Dunstan (who found the Virgin Rainbow Opal).
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This 1962 B&W image was restored and coloured by Mike Piper at Piper Films.
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The estimated value of opal on the table back in 1962 was approx 400,000 Australian pounds or AUD$800,000 dollars. In today's currency terms, that sum translates not to $28 million, but much more. If we apply a simple formula such as the rule of 72, or the per carat average price of gem quality cabochon material, it is over $40 million.
The name Virgin Rainbow Black Opal is copyright protected pending registration of Trade Mark. Please send all or any communication on the Virgin Rainbow Black Opal to the address below.
Text © 2003 Universal M&PR and 1EarthMedia, Virgin Rainbow material
used with kind permission
The Virgin Rainbow Black Opal is being offered for sale through antiques-art-collectibles.com 1Earth Antiques. For sales and other enquiries contact: editor@antiques-art-collectibles.com
PO Box 1227 Port Macquarie NSW Australia 2444
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