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THE WORLDS MOST ELITE & INCLUSIVE OPAL EXPERIENCE SHOWCASING THE EXQUISITNESS OF AUSTRALIA’S NATIONAL GEMSTONE The 2024 Exhibition presents an opportunity to view the largest and most amazing range of opal and opal jewellery seen in one attractive location. Wednesday 31st July 2024 9.00 am - 5.00 pm & Thursday 1st August 2024 9.00 am - 4.00 pm Australian OPAL EXHIBITION Southport Sharks Corner Olsen and Musgrave Avenue Southport Queensland 4216 Australia TRADE ONLY T: 0427 920 474 E: mail@austopalexpo.com.au www.austopalexpo.com.au
News Diamond discovery: Tourist unearths special stone A French tourist on holiday in the US will head home with memories to last a lifetime after a remarkable diamond discovery in a national park. Julien Navas, from Paris, travelled to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas on 11 January and rented a diamond hunting kit. Navas spent the day toiling in the mud, discovering several ‘interesting rocks’ before heading to the Diamond Discovery Centre to consult the staff. After an examination, one of the rocks was determined to be a 7.46-carat brown diamond, described as ‘deep chocolate’ in colour. The discovery was the fifth of 11 diamonds recovered from the park this year and is the largest since 2020. The stone – named the ‘Carine Diamond’ – is the eighth largest found since the area was designated a state park in 1972. An estimated 75,000 diamonds have been discovered in the soil of the park since 1906, including the ‘Uncle Sam’ stone, a 40.23-carat diamond unearthed in 1923. The Uncle Sam is the largest uncut diamond ever found in the US. “This part of Arkansas is loaded with diamonds thanks to a violent volcanic vent eruption that took place roughly 100 million years ago,” writes Sarah Kuta for Smithsonian Magazine. “The powerful explosion carried rocks from Earth’s mantle up to the surface and left an 81-acre crater in its wake. Three types of diamonds — white, yellow, and brown — are common in the region, as are gemstones such as quartz, agate, garnet, amethyst and jasper, among others.” Navas plans to divide the diamond into two smaller stones and gift them to his fiancé and daughter. Australia’s Largest Sleeper Earring Wholesaler REGISTER, SHOP & SAVE halosleepers.com Ancient jewellery: Hidden temple discovered in Greece Archaeologists on the Greek island of Evia have discovered a previously unknown temple packed with ancient jewellery and treasures. Evia is the second-largest Greek island in area and population and the sixth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The site was discovered near the Temple of Amarysia Artemis and is dated to the 7th century BC; however, sections of the temple are believed to be older. Test cuts from the site show that sections of the buildings can be dated as far back as 900 BC. A team of more than 50 archaeologists uncovered a variety of gold, silver, coral, and amber jewellery, as well as bronze and iron fittings and amulets, within the 100-foot temple. "Although the investigation of the earliest of these levels has only just begun, the first discoveries suggest that the cult had its roots in the centuries after the end of the Mycenaean period." In a statement, Greece’s Ministry of Culture described the temple as the most crucial discovery in continental Greece in 65 years. “Although the investigation of the earliest of these levels has only just begun, the first discoveries suggest that the cult had its roots in the centuries after the end of the Mycenaean period,” the statement reads. "The excavation of the archaic temple brought to light rich offerings: Corinthian alabaster, attic vases, ritual prochos of local production, as well as jewellery made of precious materials like gold, silver, and coral.” The temple was dedicated to the goddess Artemis. In ancient Greek mythology, Artemis was the goddess of the hunt, wilderness, nature, and the care of children. In 2015, a 3500-year-old warrior grave was found in southern Greece. Among the items recovered were gold rings, swords, fine-toothed ivory combs and more than a thousand precious stone beads. HANDMADE IN AUSTRALIA
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