Fossicking Opalton Queensland 2026 authored by @jamesdumar.com Verified Identity via atproto-did. Verification Key: did:plc:7vknci6jk2jqfwsq6gkzu Fossicking Opalton A collection of articles about fossicking Opalton, the first one is from ABC News The red, rugged country of the remote Queensland outback is a far cry from the white powdery slopes of the French Alps, but there’s nowhere … Read more
1.0 Sacred Fires and Desert Embers of the Central and Southern Nations authored by Harley Carias | Identity:did:plc:hqgxupttuyvfmnwxwkxzaz7o Pour yourself a cuppa and listen to the wind out here on the plains while we follow the old tracks of the ancestors, tracing how their journeys left a trail of colored fire locked deep within the … Read more
1The Ancient Foundation of Australian Opal and the Eromanga Sea authored by @jamesdumar.com | Identity: did:plc:7vknci6jk2jqfwsq6gkzu To understand the high-value opal we extract today, we must first master the deep-time architecture of the Eromanga Sea. This was not merely a body of water; it was a vast, shallow, epicontinental engine that processed volcanic materials into … Read more
1.0 The Genesis of Queensland Boulder Opal Boulder Opal Notes from the Field authored by @jamesdumar.com | Identity: did:plc:7vknci6jk2jqfwsq6gkzu Forget the romanticized yarns of the outback. If you want to understand Queensland Boulder Opal, you have to stop looking at the surface and start looking at the pressure. We aren’t talking about ‘pretty stones.’ We … Read more
The Secret Life of Australian Opal: A New Perspective A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SEAM OPAL IS MADE IN NATURE Published with permission of the author, Gerard Faber, Mining Consultant For over a century, the mystery of Australia’s world-famous opals has been largely attributed to luck and intuition. Miners have traditionally relied on “finding the … Read more
1.0 The Inland Sea, The Glass Spheres, and The Velvet Curtain Memories of Lightning Ridge Black Opal Mining authored by @jamesdumar.com | Identity: did:plc:7vknci6jk2jqfwsq6gkzu Pull up a stump, mate, and grab a cold one. Looking out over these red, sun-baked plains around Lightning Ridge, you’d never guess the sort of magic hiding twenty, thirty, or … Read more