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	<title>Opal Pro Expert Opal Advice</title>
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		<title>More language of opals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amster88</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[About Opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australian opals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opal terminology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gemstones need to be cut or shaped in some way before being sold to the final link in the chain - the customer on the street who wants a piece of jewelry to wear, to show off that gemstone.
Calibrated opal - opal cut to standard dimensions. These are usually ovals, but may be cut into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The language of opals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amster88</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[About Opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kaolinite]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lightning Ridge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mullocks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opal auctions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opal terminology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opals from Australia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[yowah nuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you ever get a chance to talk to an opal miner, you&#8217;ll find that he&#8230;or rarely, she, uses a language you might not understand (even if you can penetrate the Australin accent!).
The language of mining:
Anyone will know what an auger is&#8230;a drill system used to open up shafts, or tunnels. But what&#8217;s a ballroom? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coober Pedy, Australia on the net</title>
		<link>http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/coober-pedy-australia-on-the-net</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amster88</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[About Opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opal news]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[coober pedy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s possible to find practically anything on the internet todya, including information about Coober Pedy, the opal mining town.

About.com shares information about the town.
The opal town of Coober Pedy, 535 kilometres north of Port Augusta in South Australia, has always held a strange fascination for many Australians, not that a high proportion of them have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yowah Opal Festival in July 16-18, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.opalpro.com/travel/yowah-opal-festival-in-july-16-18-2010</link>
		<comments>http://www.opalpro.com/travel/yowah-opal-festival-in-july-16-18-2010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amster88</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australian opals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yowah Opal Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark your calendar for July 2010 if you&#8217;d like to visit the Yowah Opal Festival.
There&#8217;s plenty of events going on in Queensland, including the Opal Festival.
Head into the Simpson Desert in the far west from Brisbane for the Bedourie Camel Races (July 10), or southwest beyond Cunnamulla for the Yowah Opal Festival (16-18 July), where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opals Are Beautiful, They Are Also Ancient</title>
		<link>http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/opals-are-beautiful-they-also-provide-information</link>
		<comments>http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/opals-are-beautiful-they-also-provide-information#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amster88</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[About Opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fossilized opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australian opals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opalization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opalized turtle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Ridge News has an interesting article on the turtles of Lightning Ridge: Fossil discovery throws new light on evolution
Here&#8217;s the first two paragraphs of the article:
Lightning Ridge palaeontologist Dr Elizabeth Smith has identified up to seven different types of fossil turtles at Lightning Ridge.
“That’s a lot of fossil turtles for one location,” said Dr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opal news: Call to end Woomera Uncertainty</title>
		<link>http://www.opalpro.com/opal-news/opal-news-call-to-end-woomera-uncertainty</link>
		<comments>http://www.opalpro.com/opal-news/opal-news-call-to-end-woomera-uncertainty#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amster88</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[opal news]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australian opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opal in the news]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Woomera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian reports on news in the opal mining community:
Woomera mining rules sought 
SOUTH Australia&#8217;s mining industry group is demanding the federal government clarify which areas can be mined in the Woomera weapons testing area, after several projects involving Chinese companies were rejected. 
The government rejected China Minmetals&#8217; takeover bid for the struggling OZ Minerals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black opals on auction today</title>
		<link>http://www.opalpro.com/black-opals/black-opals-on-auction-today</link>
		<comments>http://www.opalpro.com/black-opals/black-opals-on-auction-today#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amster88</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Black opals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[black opal  auction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Below are a few black opals on auction at http://opalauctions.com right now. (We don&#8217;t link each lot to the site, as they go inactive. To visit the site, please click on the link above.)




PARCEL FIRERY NATURAL BLACK OPALS 2.30 CARATS QO1904
Queen Of Gems
 69.00
-
3
2.3
4 hours 35 minutes 



BLACK OPAL CUT STONE L.RIDGE 1.50 CTS FJ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photographing opal</title>
		<link>http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/photographing-opal</link>
		<comments>http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/photographing-opal#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OpalPro</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[About Opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opal jewelry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photographing opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[precious gems]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you take a look at an opal photograph on the web or in a book, it rarely does justice to the actual gemstone.
That&#8217;s because the play of color is really only visibile when the gemstone is moving.
 Usually, the color is captured but the play of color is missed. 
One method to capture an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opals in Ethiopia</title>
		<link>http://www.opalpro.com/ethiopian-opal/opals-in-ethiopia</link>
		<comments>http://www.opalpro.com/ethiopian-opal/opals-in-ethiopia#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amster88</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopian opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opal from Ethiopia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[precious gemstones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[precious opal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opalpro.com/?p=57</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Australia remains the world leader in opal production, other countries do have interesting opal speciments to offer. Mexico is famous for its fire opals, for example.
Opals from Ethiopia are also gaining in reknown, and a website exists that lets interested persons keep track of how the industry is going.
It makes for interesting reading, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need a reason to travel to Denio, Nevada?</title>
		<link>http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/need-a-reason-to-travel-to-denio-nevada</link>
		<comments>http://www.opalpro.com/about-opal/need-a-reason-to-travel-to-denio-nevada#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OpalPro</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[About Opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Denio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nevada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[opal mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is world-reknowned as the location for precious opal. And while most opal is found by professional miners, a lot of &#8220;noodling&#8221; takes place, in which the amateur comes on the scene - with permission of the landowner, and searches for opal (without using tools). He or she can take any opal that they discover. [...]]]></description>
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