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Australian Opal Centre - Lightning RidgeLast modified: July 3, 2009 - 3:22 PM
See rare fossils made of opal, discover precious opal and unique outback communities; see film of opal mining and cutting, the beginnings of a remarkable national museum, an intriguing gift shop and a dinosaur from long-ago Lightning Ridge. Glimpse whats to come at the AOC showroom 3/11 Morilla St Lightning Ridge. Visit our website www.australianopalcentre.com Join is in one of the most exciting projects in Australia.
At Lightning Ridge we're about to build the Australian Opal Centre, an amazing national museum in an energy-efficient, 100metre long, two storey underground building filled with glittering treasures and stories of the people who found them. You'll marvel at Australia's greatest public collection of precious opals and fossils made of opal - jewel like relics from the Age of Dinosaurs. You'll see how opal is mined and learn how to turn rough opal into gemstones. And you'll share in the colourful stories for which people of Australia's opal fields are famous. All of this, in a multi-million dollar building that'll knock your socks off. Designed by world famous Australian architects Glenn Murcutt and Wendy Lewin, the Centre will generate its own electricity, collect and recycle rainwater and be inculated by the Earth. The Australian Opal Centre will be an architectural icon that draws visitors from around the world. Contact details
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