Quilpie, Queensland
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Quilpie is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Quilpie had a population of 530 people.
Brolga St, the main street of Quilpie
Quilpie post office, 2007
Quilpie public library, 2012
Playground, Quilpie State School, 2023
Opal
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Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica; its water content may range from 3% to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6% and 10%. Due to the amorphous physical structure, it is classified as a min
Quilpie, Queensland
…Toompine is also within the locality. The economy of the area is based on the grazing and mining industries. The area has one of the largest deposits of boulder opal in the world, and also has extensive deposits of gas and oil. Quilpie is in Channel Country on the banks of the Bulloo River. It is on the Diamantina…
A rich seam of iridescent opal encased in matrix
Precious opal consists of a regular arrangement of silica nanospheres in closely packed planes (idealized diagram).
This precious rough opal from Coober Pedy, South Australia, displays nearly every color of the visible spectrum.
Common rough opal