The Andamooka Opal is a famous opal which was presented to Queen Elizabeth II in 1954 on the occasion of her first visit to South Australia. The opal was mined in Andamooka in 1949. The opal was cut and polished by John Altmann to a weight of 203 carats (40.6 g). It displays a magnificent array of reds, blues, and greens and was set with diamonds into an 18 karat (75%) palladium necklet.[1]
^"The Andamooka Opal Necklace and Earrings". From Her Majesty's Jewel Vault.
The AndamookaOpal is a famous opal which was presented to Queen Elizabeth II in 1954 on the occasion of her first visit to South Australia. The opal was...
Andamooka may refer to: Andamooka, South Australia, a town and locality AndamookaOpal, a gemstone presented to Queen Elizabeth II Andamooka Station, a...
opal, found in Coober Pedy The AndamookaOpal, presented to Queen Elizabeth II, also known as the Queen's Opal The Addyman Plesiosaur from Andamooka,...
the opal is kept in Sydney, at the offices of Altmann & Cherny Ltd. List of individual gemstones Other notable individual opals: AndamookaOpal Galaxy...
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Outback Opal Hunters is an Australian factual television show which follows opal miners across various sites in the Australian states of New South Wales...
in the early 1950s to mine for opal in the stark opal town of Andamooka where the famous AndamookaOpal or Queen's Opal was discovered in the 1950s and...
White Cliffs, and nearby Andamooka in South Australia. Following World War I, returning soldiers sought employment in the opal mines, which were expanding...
so that the rocks are white or multicolored. These horizons contain rich opal deposits. Horizons without this bleaching are primarily composed of organic-rich...
Opallionectes andamookaensis (meaning "the opal swimmer from Andamooka") is the name given to a 5 m (16 ft) long cryptoclidian plesiosaur, which is thought...
Andamooka 30°26′59″S 137°09′50″E / 30.4497°S 137.164°E / -30.4497; 137.164 (Andamooka) Andamooka Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as...
murder; Our Man in Sydney, a detective thriller, and Andamooka, about life on the Australian opal fields. He married German actress Marianne Hold whom...
complete opalized fossil of a vertebrate known. Other specimens have also been referred to this species. SAM P2381, discovered in the Andamookaopal fields...
in which the bone through hydration turned to opal. The bone was dug up at the opal fields of Andamooka, South Australia. The opalised tibia was exhibited...
from Andamooka Display of the opalised Addyman Plesiosaur fossil from Andamooka Rear view of the opalised Addyman Plesiosaur fossil from Andamooka List...
cryptocrystalline form in agate and jasper, or as the amorphous mineraloid opal. Aside from their use in jewelry, scientists can use this type of specimen...
Coober Pedy Ceduna Renmark Port Augusta Port Pirie Oodnadatta Roxby Downs Andamooka The Aboriginal languages with the most speakers today in the desert include...
to leave Melbourne and move north. After a short period spent opal mining in Andamooka, South Australia, they settled in Alice Springs. Braham continued...
Coober Pedy Airport (IATA: CPD, ICAO: YCBP) serves the opal mining town of Coober Pedy in outback South Australia. It is located southwest of the township...
Adelaide Adelaide Masonic website Andamooka Dukes Bottlehouse Museum Andamooka Eyre Peninsula Mining information, opal mining, located in a building built...