The modern black opal gemstone mining fields : 50 km around the township.
Lightning Ridge the capital of the exotic and rare blackopal gemstone is in the state of New South Wales Australia. As the town these days also caters for tourism as well as supplying the professional miners. Unfortunately is no longer producing large amount of Opal, how ever since the late 1980s there has been many black Opal nobby fields in particular producing high quality gem blackopal, also the seem country has produced large amounts , most of these mineral leases have been in all directions up to 50 km around the township of lightning Ridge and are still producing some amounts in 2007. To purchase Opals visit www.grahamblackopal.com
