With the largest, best-quality Australian opals worth more than £600,000 thanks to soaring demand from jewellers around the world, there is a vast amount of money to be - potentially - made.

The Australian Opal Centre has 4000 or more fossils in its collection, worth an estimated $3 million, but with Jenni and Elizabeth the only palaeontologists on site, much of it has yet to be studied.

“They are gifts from Mother Earth and are, fittingly, Australia’s national gemstone.” Kelly can usually be found prospecting ...

The Australian Opals will face the USA in a do-or-die Semi-Final clash on Saturday morning, Australian time. It was a dominant display from Sandy Brondello's team in an 18-point victory over Serbia on ...

The Opals have been turned over by Nigeria in a stunning Olympic basketball upset that's left Australia's medal campaign on the brink. The No.3-ranked Australians were beaten 75-62 by the African ...

The Opals lost their first game at the Olympics Australia were stunned by Nigeria It leaves their medal campaign on the brink The Opals have been turned over by Nigeria in a stunning Olympic ...

The Australian Opals are through to the Olympic basketball quarter-finals after beating Games hosts France in a thriller on Monday morning (AEST). The two sides couldn’t be split at half time, but a ...