Fossils in Lightning Ridge

Fossils in Lightning Ridge, NSW - The Australian Museum

A wide range of fossil dinosaur material has been found in the region, ranging from the bones of from large herbivorous sauropods and through to fearsome ...

Fossils - Australian Opal Centre

The Lightning Ridge fossils are of plants and animals that lived close to the South Pole, in global greenhouse conditions, in habitats unknown anywhere today.

Lightning Ridge Fossil Dig - Ancient Odysseys

Unlike other paleontology digs in Australia, the work done during the Lightning Ridge Fossil Dig does not require rock hammers and jacketing. Because Lightning ...

Lightning Ridge Fossil Dig August 2025 - Australian Opal Centre

Our team of fossil experts will take you to special locations seeking new opalised fossils for the Australian Opal Centre's globally significant collection.

Scientists and Miners Team Up to Preserve Opalized Fossils

Opalized fossils have likewise been found at other opal fields in Australia, but Lightning Ridge stands out for preserving the greatest ...

Digging up the rarest fossils of Lightning Ridge - ABC

In a fossil-rich pocket of northern New South Wales, two pioneering palaeontologists have spent decades digging up rare relics of the past, ...

All that glitters: the fossils of Lightning Ridge - Australian Geographic

The AOC has 4000 or more fossils in its collection, worth an estimated $3 million, but with Jenni and Elizabeth the only palaeontologists on site, much of it ...

Opalised Fossils - ABC Australia - YouTube

One in a billion bones becomes a fossil — even fewer turn into precious opal. That's what makes Lightning Ridge, located in the north-west ...

'Herd' of dinosaurs found underground at Lightning Ridge - UNE

A herd of dinosaurs has been discovered in an underground opal mine near Lightning Ridge, NSW.

Opal Fossils | Opals Down Under

Lightning Ridge fossils are three-dimensional replicas of ancient organic objects, transposed into non-precious potch or precious opal. In those that are ...

Timing of Opalization at Lightning Ridge, Australia: New Evidence ...

Among the most puzzling Lightning Ridge fossils are specimens that have reticulate patterns of thin septa that surround empty areas that commonly contain even ...

Not Actually Boring! Australian Opal Centre @ Lightning Ridge

Bivalve molluscs are one of the most common types of opalised fossil at Lightning Ridge, but just because they're common it does NOT mean ...

Lightning Ridge Australia is an Incredible Treasure Chest of ...

The name of the new dinosaur is a nod to its original discoverer – 'dhimbangunmal' meaning 'sheep yard' in Yuwaalaraay. Yuwaalayaay and Gamilaraay are languages ...

New Opalised Fossils from 2022 - Australian Opal Centre ... - YouTube

Comments54 ; Opalised Fossils: The Paul Sedawie Collection - Australian Opal Centre, Lightning Ridge. Curiosity Mine · 116K views ; Why don't ALL ...

Inside the search mission for unique dinosaur fossils in Lightning ...

The Australian Opal Centre has hosted its annual dinosaur fossil dig in Lightning Ridge in outback New South Wales.

Lightning Ridge: opalised fossils - Australian Geographic

Opalised pinecone fossil. Photo Credit: Robert Smith 1/12 Opalised crocodile tooth. Photo Credit: Robert Smith 1/12 Opalised shell.

All that glitters: the fossils of Lightning Ridge

A selection of stunning opalised fossils from Lightning Ridge Top: A 'yabby button' from a freshwater crayfish; pine cone; crocodile tooth; ...

Opalised Fossils: The Paul Sedawie Collection - YouTube

Opalised Fossils: The Paul Sedawie Collection - Australian Opal Centre, Lightning Ridge · Comments194.

Opalised Fossil Letter from 1916 - Lightning Ridge Opal Fossil History

An opalised fossil was discovered at Lightning Ridge in 1916, here's a letter from the Australian Museum to the London Museum asking for ...

Australian Opal Centre - Lightning Ridge | VisitNSW.com

The Australian Opal Centre is building the world's greatest public collection of Australian opal, rare opalised fossils, opal-related geological samples and ...