On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:45:38 +1000, JohnJohn >
wrote:

>On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:37:37 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>>On 9/9/2014 5:14 PM, JohnJohn wrote:
>>> On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:01:40 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 9/9/2014 3:56 PM, JohnJohn wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:32:06 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ever been to Coober Pedy?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, but I'd like to see it.
>>>>
>>>> That excavated cave hotel sounds interesting, and why not take an opal home?
>>>
>>> I wonder if the town is still fairly original or only kept going for
>>> tourists.
>>>
>>Good point.
>>
>>The last show I saw on it indicated there is a lot of active mining
>>going on there, but you'd have to think the locals have learned how to
>>mine a tourist's pockets for bounty as well.
>
>Yes, tourist mining must be lighter work than opal mining.

Guess where all the crap opal goes to, at exorbitant prices?