Скачать или смотреть Lightning Ridge Lunatic Hill famous Halleys comet black opal 1986 Lat: -29.460686Long: 147.966802

According to some records some miners did have a go but gave up at about fifteen to eighteen metres and they were referred to as "Bloody Lunatics". Most of the miners did not believe there was any opal there. From this auspicious start the hill had a name, "Lunatic Hill".
here was opal on Lunatic Hill.
This was in the 1930's and the miners did pull quite a lot of opal out of the hill.
The Barclay Brothers gained permission to open cut the hill in the late 1960's and at one stage there were around 30 claims operating on Lunatic Hill
Halley's Comet Black Opal
In 1986, around the time that Halley's Comet was seen in the skies over Australia, the Lunatic Hill syndicate found the largest recorded"black opal nobby". Before trimming it was 2020 carats and was 110mm x 66mm x 63mm in size. this nobby that was named "Halley's Comet"
they found over $130,000,000 worth of opal making it one of the richest areas at Lightning Ridge.
Lunatic Hill today is a large open cut although much of it has been back-filled. You can still see the remains of original diggings in the side of the cut.
Lat: -29.460686
Long: 147.966802
In 1986, a Lunatic Hill syndicate mined Halley`s Comet, the largest black opal nobby on record. At the time it was valued at $6 million.
Famous claims such as Pines, Scott`s, Deadman`s, BNA, Revolver, P & O Jack`s, Matt Watson`s, Turner & Sons and Leaning Tree produced a fortune in gem-quality black opal.