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Frank Leechman published by Walkabout Pocketbooks, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1973
As with gold, once the opal fever grips a man, he can never shake it off. This book shows why. Containing all the fascination, colour and excitement of the gemstone itself, it gives a true and picturesque coverage of opals and opal-mining yesterday and today.
Here are authentic details on opal fields throughout the world, stories of huge stones and of comparatively small ones that are still worth thousands - as well as information on where and how to mine, simple geological explainations, notes on the causes of colour, hints on polishing rough stones, buying and caring for opal jewellery.
12 pages of plates in colour, 12 in b&w and several maps and diagrams.
Contents:-
1. What is opal? 2. The foreign opal fields - Europe; Mexico and Central America; Honduras; The United States 3. Early Days of the Australian opal fields - The first discovery; White Cliffs; Lightning Ridge; Coober Pedy; Andamooks 4. Opal Mining 5. Scientific Considerations 6. Opals in Jewellery 7. Myths and Legends 8. Famous Opals 9. Conclusions
Appendixes
1. Varieties of Opal and glossary of terms 2. Opal-bearing localities in Australia 3. Age and duration of geological periods 4. The names Coober Pedy and Andamooks 5. Some large and famous opals 6. Table of Equivalent weight 7. Poems about opal 8. Hints on opal polishing
Index
Condition: good condition - end pages sunned
249 gms, 255 pages.
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