OPAL
Minerals such as the National gemstone from Australia is said to be 2000 times rarer than diamonds , there is only one place in the world you will find gem quality exotic black Opal this location is also in Australia North West of Sydney which is the gateway to Australia . From there it is a beautiful scenic drive about 8 to 10 hours depending on your speed through beautiful blue Mountains west of Sydney through the vineyard country , if you stop off for a wine tasting then the drive to the capital of the black Opal industry will be 10 hours. Otherwise if you do not stop a eight hour direct drive to the famous outback township lightning Ridge in the State of New South Wales Australia where you have fabless commendation to suit all budgets, from great motels hotels which supply meals to suit every budget from the extravagant entertaining dining-room of the Newtown hotel to the standard meals in the lounge bar. Lightning Ridge also has a huge licence club with friendly people great meals, for the traveller that is towing a trailer van there are three caravan parks right in the centre of town the capital of the black Opal industry which allows you to unhitch your trailer van freeing up your transport allowing you next day to drive during the day all around the surrounding black Opal Fields where the producers have their machinery set up and you can view the machinery working as long as you do not interfere with the machinery it is truly a great education to view a operating Opal team at work. Most of the Opal Mineral fields are with in about a 50 km radius of lightning Ridge basically south, west and north of lightning Ridge Ridge produces high-quality black Opal nobby and seem gemstones never seen anywhere else in the world . South Australia is the largest producer in the world of crystal Opal along with white Opal which is usually a lower grade then high-quality clear crystal Opal gem stones, the northern state of Australia Queensland producers large amount of lower grade bolder Opal along with some very beautiful high grade Opal found in the seams of Boulder .
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