Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

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Everyone talks about equipment, geology and opal formation -- let's talk about weird things in an opal mine, instead.

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In this video we meet up with Lightning Ridge opal miner Shaun Galman to take a look at a few of the more unusual things you might find under the ground in an opal mine at Lightning Ridge.

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0:00 Outtakes
0:13 Introduction
0:48 Title Sequence
1:37 White Horse
3:49 Gypsum Forest
5:06 Beards
5:56 Conclusion
6:06 Acknowledgements

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