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The Koroit opal field is an opal mining area in Paroo Shire in South West Queensland, Australia. It is located about 80 km north northwest of Cunnamulla . It is not a town, nor should it be confused with the town of Koroit in rural western Victoria , Australia.
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.
Yowah is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Yowah had a population of 126 people.[1]The town is known for its opal mining and numerous opal fields that lie around the town as well as the "Yowah nut", a local type of opal distinctive to the region.
Quilpie (/ ˈ k w ɪ l p i / KWIL-pee) is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Quilpie had a population of 530 people. [1] The town is the administrative centre of the Quilpie Shire local government area. The town of Toompine is also within the locality.
Polished opal from Yowah. Adavale was the location of Australia's first opal discovery. [9] The town of Yowah is built on an opal field which began producing opals in the 1870s. [24] Opals are also found at Koroit opal field, Quilpie, Eulo and in northern New South Wales.
Mintabie is an opal mining community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY lands) in South Australia.It was unique in comparison to other communities situated in the APY Lands, in that its residents were largely not of Aboriginal Australian origin, and the land had been leased to the Government of South Australia for opal mining purposes since the 1980s.
The Yowah opal field in the Shire of Paroo. The Yowah nut is a type of precious opal, found within the Yowah opal fields situated in Yowah, Shire of Paroo, South West Queensland, Australia since the latter part of the 19th century. [1] These opals are known for their distinctive nut-like shape, opalescent patterns, and vibrant colours.
The mountains near Queenstown, Tasmania, completely denuded of vegetation through effects of mining. Australia is the world's third largest exporter of fossil fuel carbon dioxide-emissions potential. [63] “Australia mines about 57 tonnes of CO2 potential per person each year, about 10 times the global average”. [63]