Educate yourself well! Opal books are essential and not only great entertainment but invaluable knowledge troves you won?t find else ware. Some great opal authors exist and their books have not only become rare and valuable, but offer an insight into opal and the Australian opal mining industry.

Often the better the book the more expensive it will be, however rest assured most of these more expensive books will appreciate in value. Remember, Knowledge is power, especially when it comes to opal!

Good Opal Publications:

This page displays books that have been written about opal. Its purpose is to make opal information and stories accessible.

Over the years, many books have been written explaining the origins of opal, giving technical mining information, telling stories about mining experiences and displaying photographs of beautiful opals.

For alterations or if you know of an opal book not listed here, please let us know.

Safety in opal Mining
Opal Miner?s Guide
A South Australian Project.
Project Officer: Sophia Provatidis
Published 1999

An up-to-date safety handbook focusing on opal mining in South Australia. This guide identifies opal mining hazards and shows how to overcome them.

The Opal Book - A complete guide to the famous gemstone
Frank Leechman
Published 1969
A complete work, looking at Australian and foreign opal fields. This book also looks at early days in the evolution of the opal industry throughout Australia.

Rediscover Opals in Australia
Steven Aracic
Published 1979 - 1999
An up to date, comprehensive look at all of the major Australian opal fields, with opal stories and hundreds of color pictures of opal, and mining in Australia.

Beautiful Opals - Australia?s National Gem, Special Collector?s Edition

Beautiful Opals Of the Desert

Beautiful Opals - Australia?s National Gem, Special 2000 Commemorative Edition
Len Cram
Published 1992 - 1999
Len Cram is a renowned photographer of opal, and his books are full of large beautiful color photographs of opals and entertaining stories from the opal fields.

Australian Precious Opal
Archie Kalokerinos
Published 1971 - 1975
Archie Kalokerinos was a doctor before becoming an opal miner in Lightning Ridge and Coober Pedy. His stories about those fields make for entertaining and interesting reading, and his photographs are excellent, particularly considering they were taken in the early seventies.

OPAL - South Australia?s Gemstone
Department of mines and energy
Published 1992
A technically oriented book, focusing on the South Australian opal fields, this book shows geological profiles of the opal fields, and discusses mining methods. Containing maps,and some photographs of the S.A. opal fields

Australian Precious Opal
Douglas Stone & Robert Butt
Published 1972 - 1976
This book looks at the main Australian opal fields, as well as some of the lesser known New South Wales and Queensland fields. Some color photos

Australian Opals In Color
N & R Perry
Published 1969 - 1986
A brief look at the major Australian fields, with some color photographs

Opals - Rivers Of Illusions
Alina Loneck
Published 1986
A technical look at opal with some color photographs

Australian Opal Safari
John Colahan
Published 1973
A look at the main Australian opal fields with some good color photographs of different opal mining areas.

Lightning Ridge
Ion L Idriess
Published 1940 - 1985
A Novel

Opals of the Never Never
Roberg G haill
Published 1981-1995
A book focusing on Coober Pedy, with some color photographs

Gan Bruces. His first book is now a collectors item. This new one holds promise of being just as successful. As usual Gan is a tad controversial and is bound to ruffle a few feathers. Still, having been born and raised, and spending all his life in Lightning Ridge gives Gan an insight that few others can claim. The human element figures prominently in this beautifully presented work about the opal fields. 416 pages.

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This excellently crafted collectable is the latest major work of Len Crams ?opal fields? series. Titled A journey into color this book opens up the full history of WHITE CLIFFS OPAL. With an absolute bag full of rare black and white photos and plenty of color, this gem is a must have. With 368 pages it has been very popular. By Len cram.

The Australian Opal Diary and Birthday Book. by Len Cram

With three pages for each month of the year, and every month featuring a famous opal field there is plenty of room for images and text as well as space for personal memos. An interesting book.

Beautiful Lightning Ridge - 100 years. Len Cram is intentionally respected for his wealth of knowledge on any thing to do with opals. Len has successfully captured the real spirit of his beloved desert opal country in his many successful books. This delightful production is 32 pages of Lightning Ridge history in a nut shell with a plethora of Lens own original photographs. A must for every rock hound interested in that natural wonder, OPAL. Len cram..
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