There’s an opportunity not to be missed! MAXINE O’BRIEN encourages you to voyage into the outback and witness the opal trade with your own eyes.

Anyone interested in securing a place on the 2025 Australian Opal Tour is encouraged to hurry, as places are limited and the application deadline is fast approaching.

Figure 1. Left: 18K yellow gold “Flames” ring with 25.19 ct Mexican fire opal. Right: This 18K yellow gold “Spice” ring ...

Narint Jaisanit is a staff gemologist at GIA in Bangkok. A new opal deposit was discovered in 2008 near the village of Wegel Tena, in volcanic rocks of Ethiopia’s Wollo Province.

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For more than a decade, paleontologists have speculated about a single fossil that preserves skeletons of two of the world’s most famous dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. Not only ...

Thailand’s Opal Suchata Chuangsri was crowned Miss World 2025 at the 72nd edition held in Hyderabad. She received the crown ...

The Sundaland Hominin Fossil Site Discovery in Indonesia has revealed what could be the first physical evidence of a lost prehistoric world. Among the findings are a 140,000-year-old Homo erectus ...

In a study that was almost a decade in the making, scientists have uncovered the possibility that dinosaur fossils could point to new ways of treating cancer in humans. In the study, researchers from ...

Nestled in the scenic landscapes of Madhya Pradesh, the Ghughua Fossil National Park stands as a remarkable testament to Earth's ancient botanical heritage. An Unearthed Treasure of 65 Million ...

A German court ruled against a Peruvian farmer Wednesday in a landmark case that claimed global warming fueled by energy company RWE ‘s historical greenhouse gas emissions put his home at risk.