After 2 years of the website being offline after Covid, the site is back up and published. I have alot of work to do on updating it. ...

The well-known Mintabie (aka "Mintubi") Opal Field in South Australia has been shut down by the Australian Government. Mintabie has...

PLEASE EVERYONE TAKE NOTICE, and be on the lookout for high-end tourmaline specimens in the market for sale or trade. The Fallbrook Gem...

I've just learned that the very famous and productive Rogerley Mine, in Durham, England,known for it's daylight fluorescent Fluorite, has...

We are completely sold out of our Wingate Pass agate stock, and are looking to buy old collections and stashes of this PARTICULAR type of...

GIA reported in late 2014 that a new deposit of naturally occurring black opal has been found at the Stayish Mine near Gashena, south of...

THIS POST UPDATED FEBRUARY 2015. By now you have all seen the beautiful opals coming out of the Welo ("Wollo") Province in Ethiopia:...

Ed Swoboda On January 5, 2013, the jewelry, gem and mineral world lost a great person, and giant legend, Edward Swoboda. Ed was a...

Today is the birthday of an old friend who was one of the main influences in my early years and my becoming a gem prospector/miner: ...

One of my greatest joys when I was younger and living in Southern California was visiting my friends at an opal mine near Red Rock...