I've just returned to Adelaide after my most recent trip to Lightning Ridge, NSW, home of Australia's gorgeous Black Opal but also renowned for its beautiful and rare Opalised Fossils for which I am a total sucker/nerd 😍, and lucky Collector.
Every now and then, maybe every 12 to 18 months, a...
Some time ago, among other purchases of rough and rubbed opal parcels, there was a small, old and dusty bag of bits'n'pieces which had been gleaned over months from several jars of miscellaneous opal specimens bought here and there in and around Lightning Ridge. The previous owner had saved up...
G'day everybody :)
I'm new to this site, but intend to make this the first of several posts.
Back in 1985, I left teaching (Maths and English) to pursue my love-of-opal hobby and turn it into a business, to buy/sell opal. Along the way I've acquired many opalised fossils from Coober Pedy and...