The Olympic Australis Opal is one of the most famous, large and valuable opal gem found so far. It was discovered in 1956 by a miner at a depth of 30 feet in the “Eight Mile” Coober Pedy, an opal field in South Australia. The name of this immense opal gem seems to describe its [...]
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Conflict diamonds are also know as: blood diamonds, converted diamonds, hot diamonds, war diamonds and refer to a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army’s war efforts, or a warlord’s activity, usually in Africa.
