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  2. Lightning Ridge, New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    Lightning Ridge is a small outback town in north-western New South Wales, Australia. Part of Walgett Shire, Lightning Ridge is situated near the southern border of Queensland, about 6 km (4 mi) east of the Castlereagh Highway. The Lightning Ridge area is a centre of the mining of black opal and other opal gemstones.

  3. Griman Creek Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Griman Creek Formation is a geological formation in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia whose strata date back to the Albian-Cenomanian stages of the mid-Cretaceous. [1] It is most notable being a major source of opal, found near the town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales. Alongside the opal opalised fossils are ...

  4. Halley's Comet Opal - Wikipedia

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    It was found at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia, by the Lunatic Hill Mining Syndicate. It weighs 1,982.5 carats (396.5 g; 13.99 oz) and is about the size of a man's fist. [ 1 ] The Halley's Comet Opal is a very fine specimen, with few flaws or blemishes and a large green and orange 1.6 cm (0.63 in) thick color bar which goes through ...

  5. Strange Colours - Wikipedia

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    Strange Colours is a 2017 Australian film set in the opal-mining town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales. It was directed by Alena Lodkina. It was directed by Alena Lodkina. Plot

  6. Coober Pedy - Wikipedia

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    Coober Pedy (/ ˈ k uː b ər ˈ p iː d i /) is a town in northern South Australia, 846 km (526 mi) north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway.The town is sometimes referred to as the "opal capital of the world" because of the quantity of precious opals that are mined there.

  7. List of Australian Touring Car Championship circuits

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    This is a list of circuits which have hosted a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the V8 Supercars Championship since the championship was first held at Gnoo Blas in Orange, New South Wales, in 1960. The shortest track used in the championship was the 1.930 km (1.199 mi) Amaroo Park circuit located in the Sydney suburb of ...

  8. Aussie Racing Cars - Wikipedia

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    The category contests an annual Aussie Racing Car Series which is approved by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series. [2] Over its 20-year history the category has supported the biggest motorsports events in Australia including the Adelaide 500, Gold Coast Indy 300, F1 Australian Grand Prix and Bathurst 1000. [citation ...

  9. Australian Stock Car Auto Racing - Wikipedia

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    AUSCAR (Australian Stock Car Auto Racing) was an auto racing sanctioning body owned by Bob Jane, which ran American-style Superspeedway racing in Australia.The initial AUSCAR venue was the 1.801 km (1.119 mi), high-banked (24°) Calder Park Thunderdome Superspeedway in Melbourne, but over time the series expanded to include the Jane owned 1/2 mile (805 metre) Speedway Super Bowl at the eastern ...