Black opal is one of the most enchanting stones in the world ... 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 ...

As soon as you find a gem-quality stone, you know you've got a buyer for it. Narrator: Between 2005 and 2006, approximately $30 million of opal was mined at Lightning Ridge. And for fans of black ...

On the table between them lays a small black plastic dish with ... Liz and her husband Bob lived in a stone cottage on the Three Mile opal field in Lightning Ridge. "It was it was almost ...

Lightning Ridge is the only place in the world where the black opal is found. This frontier town, 350 mi/565 km northwest of Sydney in New South Wales, is also the best place to buy this rare gem ...