How the Opal Got It’s Rainbow, According to the Ancient Australians1 In the beginning, when the world was young, when the Dreamtime legends were being made, and all the beings of Australia lived under the diurnal blazing sun and brilliant night lights of the Milky Way. In these endless lands the dingo, the emu, the snake and all other creatures…
The Identification of Rough Gem-Quality Grandidierite In December 2016 and January 2017 a rich pocket of large gem-quality Grandidierite was found in the Tranomaro region of Southern Madagascar. What set this seam of Grandidierite apart from the 2015 and early 2016 finds, was its clean genuine gem-quality crystals found. Called by some the “World’s Rarest Gem”, the previous year’s finds…