A buyer has swooped in to nab Australia’s most affordable house on the market right now with a compelling $20,000 price tag.

Slowly she made more friends, like Martin Faggetter, who has spent the past 20 years mining for opal in the walls of his home 82 feet below the soil. "I got my own bank if I want to get a shovel ...

CICERO, Ind. (Hamilton County Reporter) — Dean Caldwell of Cicero has been mining opal and obsidian for six months of the year in Mexico for the last 15 years. Last year, he pulled an opal out ...

CICERO, Ind. (Hamilton County Reporter) — Dean Caldwell of Cicero has been mining opal and obsidian for six months of the year in Mexico for the last 15 years. Last year, he pulled an opal out ...

In the baked centre of the Australian outback a once-thriving - and wild - opal mining town stands abandoned in the red dirt, four years after it was forcibly shut down. Mintabie is about 1120km ...

A remote dirt golf course in the Australian opal mining town of Coober Pedy has an unusual recriprocal arrangement with the St. Andrews Links Trust ...

Nevada. Royal Peacock Opal Mines: This spot in Denio offers travelers the chance to mine or their own opals. For those who are new to digging, staff located on-site can show guests the basics.

"Opal Bill" Kotru has seen many mines give way during the 43 years he has been digging for precious gemstones in the NSW town, but now he fears another collapse will soon take a local road with it.

But mining opal costs money, and there’s never a guarantee that you'll find stone worth selling. And if the only opal you find is opalised fossil, it can be tempting to sell them.

Make the trip to Bonanza Opal Mines or Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine, both proven to be great spots for finding this rare gemstone. Turquoise in Tonopah.