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General information on fire opals

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Fire Opal is the particular color of flames only. Yellow to orange and gemmy is transparent. Red is properly called cherry opal. No precious opal play of color is normally found in this gemstone.
Precious Fire Opal is the minority of mined material.

Where to find it:

Most commercial stones come from the Queterro area in Mexico.
There is a world class fee dig at Juniper Ridge in Oregon. The Newnhams own the mine and have a website for Broken Chisel Opals at www.juniperridgeopal.com. (Becky went there in season 2.).

Cedar Rim Opal Field - A large resource of fire opal was discovered in 2003 in central Wyoming, just south of Riverton, along Cedar Rim (also known as Cedar Ridge). This field contains a ridge of massive fire opal surrounded by billions of carats of common opal covering portions of 14 to 16 sections of land (section = 1 square mile). Within the fire and common opal deposits are scattered veinlets of precious opal, secondary quartz veinlets, Sweetwater agate, and excellent decorative stone composed of country rock, veins of opal and fluorecent quartz. This decorative stone produces excellent tile and counter-top material. Boulders of opal, weighing more than 75,000 carats are common and thousands of cobbles, pebbles and boulders of common opal have been exposed in road cuts in an oil field. Most of the field is located on public lands (BLM).

What areas of the world are famous for this treasure?

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GPS Coordinates, if known: Town/region: Klamath Falls, OR Lake County State, country: Tips for finding it:Pay at the fee dig.	GPS Coordinates, if known: Cedar Ridge opal-agate field. Town/region: Located near south of Riverton State, country: Wyoming Tips for finding it: This is the largest opal field in North America, discovered in 2003. Maps are available on the Gemhunter website. A 2008 article about this giant field was published in the ICMJ Prospecting & Mining Journal (v.78, no.2).
GPS Coordinates, if known: Town/region: State, country: Tips for finding it:	GPS Coordinates, if known: Town/region: State, country: Tips for finding it:

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Special skills needed: None




Identification tips: Not basalt or dirt




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