Delanta, Wollo, Ethiopian Opal Mining Area

In this video you will see the amazing landscape of Ethiopian highlands in wollo province, where #Ethiopian #opals (#wollo #Opals) are being mined.

The opal mining area lies in Wollo Province ~550 km north of Addis Ababa and ~200 km north of the Mezezo opal deposit. The locality has also been referred to as “Delanta,” which corresponds to a former subdivision (or “awraja”) of Wollo Province. The region containing the deposit is called Tsehay Mewcha, a large area that encompasses scattered farms and a small village, about 17 km northeast of the village of Wegel Tena . Tsehay Mewcha is situated on a plateau at an altitude of about 3,200 m. The opal occurs in a horizontal layer that is exposed on a cliff above a canyon tributary of the Blue Nile River. This layer is ~350 m below the top of the plateau. It is set in a distinct opal-bearing layer in a mountainous area at an altitude of around 3,000 meters.

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