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Originally Posted by Karls48
So old timers were right. There is better chance for opal in proximity of "Slide".
Although it did not work for me - I did found chunk of potch size of house brick near the Slide. Also a rock (jasper I think) about half of brick size encrusted in potch and milky opal
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Did you try and crack it open. Sometimes potch contains good opal. Lots of people find lumps of potch and just throw it away thinking it's no good. Some people have had small fortunes in their hands without realising it!!!.
My experience with gems and such not only comes with being a geologist, but I've also been prospecting for gems and such since I was knee high to a grasshopper
Found my first sapphire when I was about 2
Could grade them according to colour and quality when I was 5