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 crystals.
Wave Hill Station prehnite finds
Possibly the largest find of gem quality prehnite – light green, transparent gemstone. Stones are found scattered on the ground.
Lightning Ridge Opal Fields
World’s best find of black opals.
Coober Pedy Opal Mines
World’s largest find of gem quality opal.
Magdalena Opal mines
The find of the near-unique lloviznando opal – a variety of opal with a near transparent, light blue color and phenomenal play of colors. Finds of these opals are very rare, but here are found also fire opals of exceptional quality.
10 finds of unique blue gemstones
Wondermondo 🢖 Lists and articles 🢖 10 finds of unique blue gemstones Publication 10 finds of unique blue gemstones In short There are places on our planet where unusual, gorgeous blue gemstones can be found. Wondermondo proudly presents a list of 10 such finds around the world. Map of the sites The most popular and most valuable blue gemstones […]
Find of Olmec blue jadeite, Río El Tambor
The only place in the world where is found blue jadeite. This stone was the most valuable material for the Olmec civilization.
Finds of cobalt blue spinel in Lục Yên, Vietnam
The best-known find of the extremely rare cobalt blue spinel is Lục Yên in Vietnam. Local gemstone mines provide also sapphires and rubies.
The old Persian turquoise mines near Nishapur
Ancient, more than 2000 years old mines of turquoise, considered to provide the best quality turquoise in the world. Mine is closed now.
Kashmir sapphire mines: source of the best blue sapphire
Now legendary, abandoned sapphire mines where the best sapphire in the world was mined.