The NSW Government will update the regulatory framework for small-scale mining titles to deliver a safe and strong opal industry for miners, farmers and the local community.

CICERO, Ind. (Hamilton County Reporter) — Dean Caldwell of Cicero has been mining opal and obsidian for six months of the year in Mexico for the last 15 years. Last year, he pulled an opal out of the ...

Gemstones are precious, especially when they come filled with dinosaur bones. Back in the 1980s, a miner unearthed a slew of fossils preserved in opals in an opal mine near Lightning Ridge in ...

(CNN)-- A hunt for precious gemstones revealed the first fossil evidence of a dinosaur herd, including a previously undiscovered dinosaur species, in Australia. The new dinosaur fossil was found in an ...

There’s nothing that says rustic Nevada like a good old-fashioned mine tour or DIY mine dig. Here are a few of our favorites. (Some mines are open seasonally, so check the dates before heading out.) ...

White Cliffs Miners’ Association President Troy Karkoe expresses frustration over government red tape resulting from native ...

Dig for rare black opals in Virgin Valley, where geology and adventure meet in the high desert. Outdoor Nevada host John Burke visits Royal Peacock Opal Mines in Nevada’s Virgin Valley to dig for rare ...

In the baked centre of the Australian outback a once-thriving - and wild - opal mining town stands abandoned in the red dirt, ...