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While she was visiting the Soviet Union in 1933, her husband Jim Throssell committed suicide when his business failed during the Great Depression. [13] [14]In 1934 her membership of the Communist Party of Australia and the Movement Against War and Fascism led her to lead the Egon Kisch welcome committee, which rapidly metamorphosed into a committee to defend Kisch from exclusion from Australia.
Andamooka in South Australia is also a major producer of matrix opal, crystal opal, and black opal. Another Australian town, Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, is the main source of black opal, opal containing a predominantly dark background (dark gray to blue-black displaying the play of color), collected from the Griman Creek Formation. [31]
Andamooka Opal, presented to Queen Elizabeth II, also known as the Queen's Opal; Flame Queen Opal; Galaxy Opal; Halley's Comet Opal, the world's largest uncut black opal; Olympic Australis Opal, reported to be the largest and most valuable gem opal ever found
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 the opal. Formed about 20 million years ago, it is an example of a nobby, which is a natural lump-shaped opal found only at Lightning Ridge. [2] As of 2006 it was for sale at $1.2 million. [3]
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Charlie Nettleton an early pioneer in the area, walked 700 km (430 mi) from White Cliffs to see the Black Opal, walking back to White Cliffs the following year with Jack Murray to develop a market and selling black opals to Ted Murphy, who later became the first resident opal buyer in Lightning Ridge.
Black Opals was an African American literary journal published in Philadelphia between spring 1927 and July 1928, [1] associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Co-founded by Arthur Huff Fauset and Nellie Rathbone Bright , the magazine's contributors included Mae Virginia Cowdery , Jessie Redmon Fauset , Marita Bonner , and Gwendolyn B. Bennett .
RPGA2 Black Opal Eye was written by Tracy and Laura Hickman, and published by TSR/RPGA in 1983 as a 16-page booklet with an outer folder. [1] The module was a limited edition, sold only to members of the RPGA. [1] This adventure was later collected with RPGA1 Rahasia into B7 Rahasia. [1]