HandBk 005 - Opal: South Australia's Gemstone. Barnes L.C. et al. (1992 revised edition)

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Author: Barnes, L.C.;Townsend, I.J.;Robertson, R.S.;Scott, D.C.

South Australia's famous desert opalfields supply about 80% of the world output of precious opal, with current production coming almost entirely from the major fields at Andamooka, Coober Pedy and Mintabie, each of which is expected to increase output in the long term. This informative handbook, written by SA State Government experts on the subject, is a compilation of several existing reports that describe the geology and opal occurrences at numerous fields. The known extent of typical host rocks to the main opal occurrences suggests that there remains considerable potential for making numerous small finds across the northern part of the State.

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Record No	2018d037866
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Earth Sciences Energy Exploration Environmental Science And Management Environmental Sciences Geochemistry Geology Geophysics Geospatial Information Systems Historical Geology Information And Computing Sciences Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral System Geology Mineralogy And Crystallography Natural Resource Management Petrology Petrophysics Policy And Administration Primary Mining And Extraction Of Mineral Resources Regional Geology Resource Geology
Document Type	Departmental Publication - Closed Series - Handbook
Contributor	South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy;Geological Survey of South Australia. Mineral Resources Branch
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Geological Province	Eromanga Basin Lake Eyre Basin Stuart Shelf
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Stratigraphy	Blue Hills Sandstone Bulldog Shale Bunyeroo Formation Corunna Conglomerate Oodnadatta Formation Russo Beds Tent Hill Formation Wallatinna Member
Commodity	gemstone
Notes	Geographic Locality: South Australia;Mintabie Precious Stones Field;Granite Downs;Wallatinna;Lambina;Vesuvius;Welbourn Hill;Broken Leg Waterhole;Longins Bank;Sarda Bluff;Ouldburra Hill;England Hill;Coober Pedy Precious Stones Field;Teal... Geographic Locality: South Australia;Mintabie Precious Stones Field;Granite Downs;Wallatinna;Lambina;Vesuvius;Welbourn Hill;Broken Leg Waterhole;Longins Bank;Sarda Bluff;Ouldburra Hill;England Hill;Coober Pedy Precious Stones Field;Teal Waterhole;Lake Hart;Myall Creek;Andamooka Precious Stones Field;Yarra Warta Cliff;Stuart Creek Precious Stones Field;Charlie Swamp;Coward Cliff;Pidleeomina Doc No: HandBk 005 More +
Language	English
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Citation	Barnes, L.C.;Townsend, I.J.;Robertson, R.S.;Scott, D.C. HandBk 005 - Opal: South Australia's Gemstone. Barnes L.C. et al. (1992 revised edition). Departmental Publication - Closed Series - Handbook. Government of South Australia. https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2018d037866

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