My Uncle drowned in an opal mine of My pop's when he was 4yo. Pop Viv lived in lightning ridge for yonks, There's a song about him "chew'n the fat with Uncle Viv" what a character he was 😂
It was a joy to watch this production, it has a lot of quiet wisdom like the importance of keeping fossil finds in their context of the environment they were discovered in. Thanks!
Australia needs to have a set process whereby important opalised fossils care purchased for fair and generous cost, why should the hard working miner still be broke after finding such a thing. How else can we keep them safe for future generations, surely its Australian heritage. In Coober Pedy an opalised plesiosaur was found. It mysteriously 'went missing' 'stolen' . 😢 That would have been incredible to see!!!!
They are only donated because of the massive tax breaks you get. Basically the museum does there own appraisal saying this tooth’s worth $10000 which is a taxable deduction. Big benefits by donating
My mate Roger, his old man run the service station at the old eight mile coober pedy, he says back in the old times people were using opalised dinosaur bones as door stops...
Cool my Great Great Grandfather Gave my Father who gave me a complete Bottom Jaw bone from an Ancient fish of some kind. It has teeth like a Mackerel and boy does it shine like the rainbow. It is incased in a Display cabinet that has the humidity kept at a very good internal environment. You can see multiple rows of teeth that I assume would replace the teeth like a shark. Every part of this bottom jaw is complete and it is 100% lost all its. Calcium and the minerals of Lightning Ridge once was lying 26 meters underground found in 1930 c…👍👍
Just watching this channel 100% several buckets of rough Opals as Sadly the old fellas have met their maker and the four (4) 20 litre buckets full of colour. He never got to sell his finds . Well he obviously sold opal but kept a very large surplus…The Jaw bone is truly beautiful..👍🇦🇺
