By John Stapleton

Joey Fritz and Darcy Borham on their claim at Sheepyard Rush..."The Dream is just a shovelful away."

Newspaper clippng from late 1980's courtesy of Phil Rigby.

Part 5 of 'Chasing Rainbows through the Outback' - A Special Report on Australia's Black & Boulder Opal, by Carol Clark in Jewel Siam magazine Aug-Sept 1994.

Part 4 of 'Chasing Rainbows through the Outback' - A Special Report on Australia's Black & Boulder Opal, by Carol Clark in Jewel Siam magazine Aug-Sept 1994.

Part 3 of 'Chasing Rainbows through the Outback' - A Special Report on Australia's Black & Boulder Opal, by Carol Clark in Jewel Siam magazine Aug-Sept 1994.

Part 1 of 'Chasing Rainbows through the Outback' - A Special Report on Australia's Black & Boulder Opal, by Carol Clark in Jewel Siam magazine Aug-Sept 1994.

Part 2 of 'Chasing Rainbows through the Outback' - A Special Report on Australia's Black & Boulder Opal, by Carol Clark in Jewel Siam magazine Aug-Sept 1994.

This Japanese company is trying to create Opal in space over a 4 month period as opposed to more than 5 million years.

Mars Opals suggest water disappeared more recently, Softpedia, October 2008.

SA Business Journal, June 2007.

'$260,000 not enough for giant Opal' - The Advertiser, July 2008.

Opal may be beautiful, but it just can't shake its reputation for bad luck..By D. Douglas Graham in Colored Stone Magazine July/August 2001.

Article by David Federman taken from Gem Gallery in the Silverstyles H.K.magazine September 2007.

This study guide to accompany Opal Fever, a documentary by Piper Films, has been written for secondary students. It provides information and suggestions for learning activities.