Lightning Ridge (pop. 2670) is surrounded by the famous Lightning Ridge opal fields, in which the valuable black opals are found. The veins of opals lie 20 m under the surface, and the landscape is patterned by spoil heaps and abandoned mines. Although the summers are very hot and the winters cool the opal miners do not live in underground
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