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Coober Pedy Regional Times June/July 2007.
'Harold Hodges’ Opal Teeth' Vol.2(1) Autumn 2005
A 10 page article by Anthony Smallwood in Australian Gemmologist 2003, Vol.21.
This study guide to accompany Opal Fever, a documentary by Piper Films, has been written for secondary students. It provides information and suggestions for learning activities.
In the eighth edition of Jewellery magazine, group editor, Kamini Rajarethnam profiles Australia's desert gem and discovers why this little queen of gems that paints the colours of Australia captures our hearts!
'Dare to Shine' the entire 28 page issue, includes Winners & Finalists plus the Opal Jewellery given by Australia to Crown Princess Mary & Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark.
'The Future is in Our Hands' held at Coober Pedy 3-5 April 2007.
By Anthony Smallwood (FGAA,GG), in Australian Gemmologist 1997, 19.
By Anthony Smallwood, delivered at the National Opal Symposium in Coober Pedy 2007.
By David Horizon, CEO of Opal Horizon, May 2001.
Report by Zoe Nelson, interviews with Drago Panich and Con Retsas, 2003.
(German/Deutsch) A look at Opals across the Australian Opal fields. Author - Steffen Jahn. Taken from the Mineralien Tage 2008 Katalog.
A guide for visitors to the town and surrounds, produced by Warwick & Margaret Schofield.
Article by David Federman taken from Gem Gallery in the Silverstyles H.K.magazine September 2007.
By Dr Simon R. Pecover,Managing Director - Pan Gem Resources (Aust) Pty Ltd, July 2005.
Presented by Paul Thomas,
By Jack Townsend (President Gemmological Association of Australia -SA Div.), presented at the 2007 National Opal Symposium.
Showcasing SA Heritage places - confirmed 6 March 2008.
National Council of Jewellery Valuers - 'Valuer' magazine Vol.21, No.2 April/June 2003. Article by Anthony Smallwood.
Opal may be beautiful, but it just can't shake its reputation for bad luck..By D. Douglas Graham in Colored Stone Magazine July/August 2001.
A guide for visitors to the area, produced by Warwick & Margaret Schofield.
This Japanese company is trying to create Opal in space over a 4 month period as opposed to more than 5 million years.
Presented by Jingping Zhe of ZZ Resistivity Imaging Pty Ltd and Brian J Morris principal geologist PIRSA Geological Survey Branch, at the 2007 National Opal Symposium.
'$260,000 not enough for giant Opal' - The Advertiser, July 2008.
17 French and international jewelers - 17 Opal creations
105 journalists attended the press event September 14, 2006 at Park Hyatt Paris Vendome
105 journalists attended the press event September 14, 2006 at Park Hyatt Paris Vendome
By Jack Towsend in the MESA Journal April 2004.
The AJGIC following up on the findings of the National Opal Symposium in Coober Pedy (10-12 April 2001) submitted this report as an inquiry into resources exploration impediments to a Standing Committee on Industry and Resources in the House of Representatives received on September 4, 2002.
By Brian R. Senior and Lewis T. Chadderton in The Australian Gemmologist, 2007.
The Advertising Flyer & Gallery Brochure containing profiles of the artists & jewellers who participated in the Exhibition held in Winton, June 29-July 15 2009, during the 5th Opal Symposium.
A handful of Australian pioneers are pushing the stone's luxury potential to the world, FW Flash.
SA Business Journal, June 2007.
What is an Opal? - Single page flyer produced by the Australian Opal & Gem Industry Association.
By John J Watkins, NSW Geological Survey - Department of Primary Industries. As presented at the 2007 National Opal Symposium held at Coober Pedy.
Mars Opals suggest water disappeared more recently, Softpedia, October 2008.
In Colour - ICA Magazine Summer 2008.
Can Granny's favourite gem shine again? - IPO Watch by Tony Featherstone, BRW, June/July 2008.
OHZ's prospectus (81 pages) contains the strategy and geological basis for the development of a publicly listed Opal mining company on the vast Opal fields of Queensland.
Presented by Andrew Cody at the 4th National Opal Symposium held at Coober Pedy in 2007.
Mining and Exploration Tenures, Native Title agreements, conditions and costs explained. Presented at the 2007 Symposium by Nathan Brown, Mining Registrar Emerald, Dept.of Mines and Energy Qld.
Part 1 of 'Chasing Rainbows through the Outback' - A Special Report on Australia's Black & Boulder Opal, by Carol Clark in Jewel Siam magazine Aug-Sept 1994.
Part 2 of 'Chasing Rainbows through the Outback' - A Special Report on Australia's Black & Boulder Opal, by Carol Clark in Jewel Siam magazine Aug-Sept 1994.
Part 3 of 'Chasing Rainbows through the Outback' - A Special Report on Australia's Black & Boulder Opal, by Carol Clark in Jewel Siam magazine Aug-Sept 1994.
Part 4 of 'Chasing Rainbows through the Outback' - A Special Report on Australia's Black & Boulder Opal, by Carol Clark in Jewel Siam magazine Aug-Sept 1994.
Part 5 of 'Chasing Rainbows through the Outback' - A Special Report on Australia's Black & Boulder Opal, by Carol Clark in Jewel Siam magazine Aug-Sept 1994.
A guide for visitors to the outback opal mining town and especially for nature lovers, produced by Warwick & Margaret Schofield.
Article by Peter Christianos, in the Coober Pedy Regional Times, June 24, 2010.
Presented by Jan Domagala Dept. of Mines & Energy at the 2007 National Opal Symposium.
Major provisions of the Opal Mining Act - Information Sheet from the Office of Minerals & Energy Resources SA, September 2002.
The Uber Material World - from East to West, the globe's fashion capitals are awash with new money that is defining the luxury landscape. By Victoria Gomelsky in COUTURE International Jeweler, 2008.
The Geology and magnetic characteristics of precious Opal deposits, SW Queensland hot!
11/11/2009
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By B.R. Senior, D.H. McColl, B.E. Long, & R.J. Whiteley in the BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics 1977.
Objectives & outline for the establishment of a public museum & interpretive Opal & fossil centre at Lightning Ridge - as presented at the 2007 National Opal Symposium.
A New Model for the origin of precious Opal delivered by Canberra Chemist Byron Deveson at the 2005 National Opal Symposium.
A full page magazine advertisement promoting Opal Jewellery by Blennerhassett Jewellers of Perth.
By Brian Senior published in the AGSO Journal Of Australian Geology & Geophysics, 1998.
Brochure published by the Jewellery Association of Australia.
Peter Christianos Jnr. launches www.opalsinformation.com - Coober Pedy Regional Times, Febuary/March 2009.
A synopsis of events as Winton Queensland hosted the National Opal Symposium in July 2009. By Narelle Banning in Metal Stone & Glass Magazine.
