Opalised fossils from Lightning Ridge, N.S.W, Australia. From the collection of the Australian Opal Center. Clockwise from top left: freshwater snail; plesiosaur tooth; crocodile tooth; pine cone; ...

The Australian Opal Centre in Lightning Ridge risks becoming a "white elephant" as construction indefinitely stalls and an ...

THE mystery of a missing multimillion-dollar opal collection has deepened with the discovery of more gemstones linked to the stash in yesterday’s drug raids. It was the second drug raid in a month in ...

In a dazzling discovery, fossils brought up from a mine in Wee Warra, near the Australian outback town of Lightning Ridge, belong to the newly named dinosaur species Weewarrasaurus pobeni. The animal, ...

It is a reversal of fortunes and culmination of a lifetime of work and expertise for Isaac and Sofia Andreou, who own Opal Earth in Airlie Beach, in what is the continuation of a family legacy chasing ...