Jan
ʻO nā koroit opals kekahi ʻano pōhaku makamae i ʻike ʻia no ko lākou mau hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa a me nā kala ʻoi. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia lākou i nā mea nani a makemake nui ʻia e nā ʻohi. Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻohui i kahi opal Koroit i kāu hōʻiliʻili, e noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i kahi e loaʻa ai kēia mau pōhaku.
Loaʻa nā Koroit opals ma ka ʻāina Koroit o Queensland, Australia. Aia kēia māhele ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana hema o ka mokuʻāina, ma kahi o 30 mau kilomita mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Warwick. ʻIke ʻia ka ʻāina ʻo Koroit no kāna mau waihona waiwai o nā opals, i ʻeli ʻia no hoʻokahi haneli.
Aia kekahi mau mines ma ka ʻāina ʻo Koroit e hana ana i nā opals kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau mines e nā hui liʻiliʻi a me nā hui nui, a hoʻohana lākou i nā ʻano hana like ʻole e unuhi i nā opals mai ka honua. Hiki ke paʻakikī ke kaʻina hana o ka mining opals, a pono ia i kahi limahana akamai e hōʻoia i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o nā pōhaku me ka palekana a me ka maikaʻi.
Ma waho aʻe o nā mines ma ka ʻāina Koroit, hiki ke loaʻa nā opals ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Australia, a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe a puni ka honua. ʻO kekahi o nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e hana ana i nā opals ʻo ʻAitiopa, Mexico, a me ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka ʻāina Koroit o Queensland i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi mua no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā opals kiʻekiʻe. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i kēia mau pōhaku makamae, pono e noʻonoʻo ʻia kahi opal Koroit.