Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: High-quality black opal can cost over $10,000 per carat, making it one of the world's most expensive gemstones. But mining black opal isn't easy.

The Australian Opal Centre has 4000 or more fossils in its collection, worth an estimated $3 million, but with Jenni and Elizabeth the only palaeontologists on site, much of it has yet to be studied.

At Vergemont, a former cattle station larger than the Australian Capital Territory ... five shops proudly advertise "Winton opals" for sale. Joseph Taranto and his wife, Natasha, own one of ...

The Australian Opals returned to the Olympic podium for the first time in 12 years, summoning a heroic effort against Belgium in the bronze medal game. After back-to-back disappointments in Rio ...

More unusual stones, such as black diamonds ... It was found in 1946 in the Eight Mile opal field in the Australian town of ...

A new study reveals the scale of Australia wildlife being smuggled overseas, with dozens of species recorded for the first ...

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An historic Ezi Magbegor performance has lifted Australia past an inspired Belgium and back onto the Olympic podium, the Opals prevailing 85-78 in a brilliant bronze medal play-off in Paris.

The pair’s sisters, Tess Madgen and Izzy Borlase, are part of the 12-player Australian women’s basketball team and will represent Australia at the Paris Olympics, beginning this month. Tess - a ...

Cayla George and the Australian Opals medal hunt is well and truly alive, after dominating Serbia 85-67 in the quarter-final of the Paris Olympics. Cairns superstar George has been at the ...

The Australian women’s basketball team, the Opals, have won multiple medals before at Olympic level, and at the 2024 event they played in the hopes of achieving their best result yet – gold.

PARIS, FRANCE - With 3:08 remaining in the third quarter and the Opals leading 62-39 ... with perhaps the most poignant takeaway from the Australian win. "We're in good hands," Jackson said.