Agate Creek Fossicking Area
A popular fossicking area where one can find beautiful pieces of agate. It becamoe known around 1900 and has provided world class samples of...
O’Briens Creek Topaz Gemfields
Popular site for the public to search for fine topaz crystals. Topaz is found in granite and has diverse colors - colorless, yellow, light...
Mooka Station
Find of mookaite - colourful jasper in warm red, yellow and brown colors. The only find of such stone. It is not allowed to...
White Cliffs Pineapple Opal Fields
Find of unique opalised fossils and crystals of other minerals replaced with opal. Often these opal stones look like clusters or balls of radiating...
Wave Hill Station prehnite finds
Possibly the largest find of gem quality prehnite - light green, transparent gemstone. Stones are found scattered on the ground.
Location, GPS coordinates:
17.5579 S 130.8717...
Lightning Ridge Opal Fields
World's best find of black opals.
Location, GPS coordinates:
29.4451 S 147.9782 E
Categories:
Rare natural materials, Gemstone finds
Values:
Geology
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Where is located?
Australia and Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, Orana...
Coober Pedy Opal Mines
World's largest find of gem quality opal.
Location, GPS coordinates:
29.0075 S 134.7236 E
Categories:
Rare natural materials, Gemstone finds
Values:
Geology
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Where is located?
Australia and Oceania, Australia, South Australia, around...
Magdalena Opal mines
The find of the near-unique lloviznando opal - variety of opal with a near transparent, light blue color and phenomenal play of colors. Finds...
10 finds of unique blue gemstones
There are places on our planet where unusual, gorgeous blue gemstones can be found. Wondermondo proudly presents a list of 10 such finds around...
Find of Olmec blue jadeite, Río El Tambor
Mines of the legendary Olmec blue jadeite were elusive. Only in 1998 - 2000 in Guatemala were found some locations of this unique stone....
