The Australian Opals returned to the Olympic podium for the first time in 12 years, summoning a heroic effort against Belgium in the bronze medal game. After back-to-back disappointments in Rio ...
Jenni Brammall, a palaeontologist and chief executive of the Australian Opal Centre, examines one of the teeth.(ABC News: Nathan Morris) “Two of these have got this incredible microstructure ...
The two men are standing in the middle of the sun-bleached South Australian outback, hunting for opals, the rare gemstones that can sparkle with a rainbow of different colours. They sift through ...
Other fossils include: turtles, crocodiles, fish, birds, early mammals, mussels, snails, giant marine reptiles, pine cones, plant stems and seeds. The Australian Opal Centre has 4000 or more fossils ...
is among six monotreme species discovered at Lightning Ridge opal fields Scientists have discovered a bizarre creature dubbed the "echidnapus" which they believe roamed Australia in prehistoric times.
But over 90% of the world's opal comes from Australia. 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 just over 2,000 ...
are part of the 12-player Australian women’s basketball team and will represent Australia at the Paris Olympics, beginning this month. Tess - a long-time Opal - will captain the side, while ...