Rediscover Opals in Australia
Title | Rediscover Opals in Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Aracic |
Publisher | |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780959583038 |
Rediscover Opals in Australia
Title | Rediscover Opals in Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Aracic |
Publisher | |
Pages | 415 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Opal mines and mining |
ISBN | 9780959583021 |
The Book of Opals
Title | The Book of Opals PDF eBook |
Author | Wilfred Charles Eyles |
Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
A comprehensive account of this gem stone by a professional mineralogist, lapidary and dealer in opals.
Opal: the Gem of the Never Never
Title | Opal: the Gem of the Never Never PDF eBook |
Author | T. C. Wollaston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Frontier and pioneer life |
ISBN |
The World of Opals
Title | The World of Opals PDF eBook |
Author | Allan W. Eckert |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 490 |
Release | 1997-10-02 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780471133971 |
Readers will find fascinating details about the discovery, whereabouts, and value of famous opals, from such classic specimens as the Burning of Troy Opal to the Bonanza Opal and other more recent discoveries. Finally, the book surveys today's major opal-producing areas and provides current information on opal occurrence worldwide. Punctuating the text are useful tables, extensive glossaries of opal types and opal-related terms, and beautiful photographs that capture the essence and mystery of this most exquisite stone.
A Field Guide to Australian Opals
Title | A Field Guide to Australian Opals PDF eBook |
Author | Barrie O'Leary |
Publisher | NAG Press |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
"Written especially for the opal collector and gemmology student, as well as for the opal miner or visitor to the opal fields, this bokk names every recorded opal deposit in Australia and pinpoints every location on concise geologial maps. The text claifies in understandable terms the many mioneralogical, gemmological, and commercial complexities of the opal gemstone and explains the scientific factors involved in opal formation." - book jacket.
Lightning Ridge Gems
Title | Lightning Ridge Gems PDF eBook |
Author | Cilka Zagar |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Lightning Ridge (N.S.W.) |
ISBN | 1470902974 |
Lightning Ridge gems are opal miners and the women who followed them into the Australian outback where they created a spectacular mosaic of old and new world cultures. Thirty people who came to Australia from twenty four countries tell their heroic and triumphant stories of how they came to be here and how they see life from their perspective.