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Lightning Ridge trip 2010By Phil Creaser Recently, a trip was made to visit Lightning Ridge with a number of objectives. Foremost amongst these was to collect some fossil-rich material from a particularly-intriguing mine and this was highly successful with a range of interesting fossils recovered. Meetings were also held with officials from the Australian Opal Centre on a range of issues related to opal fossils and a number of old mine workings visited and inspected for fossils. In addition, a number of opal fossil collections were inspected and valued. Lightning Ridge is continuing to produce many significant fossils including early monotremes and dinosaurs. |
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Main research program: Cape York amberFragments of precious amber found on the remote beaches of Cape York contain the remains of plants and tiny animals millions of years old. Main research program: RiversleighThe rocks at Riversleigh are rich in well-preserved fossil remains of the ancestors of the modern Australian fauna and entirely new kinds of animals previously unknown to science. Main research program: Lightning RidgeDeposits at Lightning Ridge in northern New South Wales yield some of the rarest, most beautiful and valuable fossils in the world. |