Lightning Ridge Black Opal

Name: Lightning Ridge Black Opal
Address: New South Wales, AU

Active mining Legendary locality Responsible sourcing

📍 New South Wales, Australia · -29.4400°, 147.9800°

Only place on Earth producing precious black opal — dark potch backing makes play-of-color explode. Noodling fossicking fields welcome visitors; the 1900s ridges yielded the legendary Flame Queen.

Gemstones found here

Precious Opal