点评:On Saturday, June 29, 2024 My wife and myself went on an opal dig with Bob and several other amateur miners. We spent the day from about 10:00 to 3:30 digging in the lava mound for opals. We quickly found white common opal scattered within the dirt. With Bob's encouragement we tried a new area where there was the possibility of finding precious coloured opal. We started digging in this new area and uncovered a rocky seam under the loose dirt. When we swept the rock off we could see shiny dark brown opal along with white opal embedded in the rock. Bob came over and showed us how to chisel the opal from the rock. We took home several pounds of rock which included some very nice pieces of brown crystal opal, some large pieces of white opal and some large chips of rock. Once we got home and brushed off the rocks we found we had several samples of precious coloured opal! Now, how do we free the opal from the rock?
It was a great day except for the black flies! Make sure you have a good insect repellent with you.
We will certainly try this excursion again! Thank you Bob for sharing your expertise with us on the dig.
翻译:2024 年 6 月 29 日星期六,我和妻子与鲍勃和其他几位业余矿工一起去挖掘蛋白石。我们花了一天时间从 10:00 到 3:30 在熔岩丘中挖掘蛋白石。我们很快发现白色普通蛋白石散落在泥土中。在鲍勃的鼓励下,我们尝试了一个新区域,那里有可能找到珍贵的彩色蛋白石。我们开始在这个新区域挖掘,在松散的泥土下发现了一条岩石缝。当我们扫掉岩石时,我们可以看到闪亮的深棕色蛋白石以及嵌入岩石中的白色蛋白石。鲍勃过来向我们展示了如何从岩石中凿出蛋白石。我们带回家几磅岩石,其中包括一些非常漂亮的棕色水晶蛋白石碎片、一些大块的白色蛋白石和一些大块的岩石碎片。我们回到家后,刷掉岩石,发现我们有几块珍贵的彩色蛋白石样品!现在,我们如何将蛋白石从岩石中取出?
除了黑蝇之外,今天是美好的一天!一定要带上好的驱虫剂。
我们一定会再次尝试这次远足!感谢鲍勃与我们分享您在挖掘方面的专业知识。