In Search of Opal

Well illustrated throughout with color photographs of Australia's opal mining operations; the text is followed by a short section of color photographs of opal specimens. Doctor Archie Kalokerinos left his practice in the outback for a time to pursue his passion for opals, and headed for the Central Australian opal field of Coober Pedy. As the months went by he, like many before him, was gripped by the fascination of the desert and the elusiveness of opal. At last he struck opal, and his account of this strike is one of the most exciting mining stories ever told.