One in a billion bones becomes a fossil — even fewer turn into opal. "When you look at an opal and you see the different colours through it, it's like a rainbow," says Euahlayi elder, Aunty Brenda McBride. She has spent more than 50 years uncovering and identifying rare fossils in Lightning Ridge, and striking deals with collectors and opal …
Lying flat on the ground sifting through rocks and dirt might not sound like fun to everyone, but for a group of intrepid volunteers it is a dream come true. The Australian Opal Centre has hosted its annual dinosaur fossil dig in Lightning Ridge in outback New South Wales. Palaeontology student and self-described "dinosaur kid"' Hayden Henderson is researching a …