HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Opal Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand was crowned Miss World on Saturday in India, where the international pageant was held this year. Chuangsri topped a field of 108 contestants ...

Boulder voters may be presented with three ballot measures in November. Boulder City Council indicated interest in pursuing up to three measures for the 2025 ballot at its virtual study-session ...

Quilpie Opals offers all three kinds of opal: the Lightning Ridge's black, Quilpie's own boulder, and Coober Pedy's light. There is also doublet or triplet opal, whereby a light opal is laminated onto ...

Mr Phillips, secretary of the Queensland Opal Miners Association, is one of about 60 opal miners based in Quilpie, 1000km west of Brisbane, says the proposed changes would decrease the value of ...

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The community at Winton is fearing for the future of its iconic opal industry, and its town, if rumours are true that the state government is negotiating to purchase another huge cattle station in ...

White or milky-coloured opals are mined in South Australia, black opals in Lightning Ridge, NSW and boulder opals in Queensland. However, Coober Pedy is the town claiming the title of Opal Capital of ...

Photos of opals by Ron Selig. He was a part of the Boulder Opal Boys Downunder group, and was the loader driver, head chef and “Eagle Eye Opal Checker”. In an alert published on January 19 ...

The daughter of a Queensland opal miner and star of a popular reality TV show killed while working on a shed has remembered him as a kind, caring and fun-loving dad. Now, a safety investigation ...

The Boulder City Fire Department responded late Tuesday afternoon to a tour helicopter crash landing at the Boulder City Airport. The helicopter had just returned from a normal trip to the Grand ...

Opal Minded, specialises in the much-coveted boulder and black variety and regularly fields queries from collectors worldwide. Renata Bernard from Opal Minded in her studio: “The quality we ...