But over 90% of the world's opal comes from Australia. And a lot of the black opal is found here, at Lightning Ridge. It's located on the edge of the Outback, with a population of just over 2,000 ...

Additionally, black opals are considered to be the rarest (white opals are ... Common sizes for many of the opal cabochons set in jewelry are 6×4, 7×5, and 8×6 mm. The Fire of Australia, a large uncut ...

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.

Fire opals are translucent and contain ... as the colors seem to sparkle as the stone is moved. Black opals are found only in ...

The two men are standing in the middle of the sun-bleached South Australian outback, hunting for opals, the rare gemstones that can sparkle with a rainbow of different colours. They sift through ...

Hours after they were threatened by fire, several Australian towns are ... South Coast this week - both areas were hit hard by Australia's Black Summer bushfires four years ago.

Seeds buried in the soil tell of fire in the landscape. I sampled soil from 57 sites that experienced different patterns of ...

The Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS) gives you an idea of how dangerous a fire could be if one starts in your area. The AFDRS is the same wherever you are in Australia, and it can ...

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 ...

are part of the 12-player Australian women’s basketball team and will represent Australia at the Paris Olympics, beginning this month. Tess - a long-time Opal - will captain the side, while ...

Legendary Australian racehorse Black Caviar has died aged 17. Known as Australia's greatest sprinter, Black Caviar passed away after a battle with laminitis on Saturday. Laminitis is a disease ...