White Horse, Gypsum & Beards - Strange(r) Things in an Opal Mine @ Lightning Ridge

Everyone talks about equipment, geology and opal formation -- let's talk about weird things in an opal mine, instead. Support Curiosity Mine on Patreon:   / curiositymine   In this video we meet up with Lightning Ridge opal miner Shaun Galman to take a look at a few of the more unusual things you might find under the ground in an opal mine at Lightning Ridge. T-shirts and stuff: http://curiositymine.com/shop 0:00 Outtakes 0:13 Introduction 0:48 Title Sequence 1:37 White Horse 3:49 Gypsum Forest 5:06 Beards 5:56 Conclusion 6:06 Acknowledgements -- IDU theme (1980s version) remixed by fraxyl a bass jam floating in space, the reach, french gameshow by fraxyl https://bandcamp.com/fraxyl Bendybass by Russell Gawthorpe   / datazoid   -- Follow Curiosity Mine on... Facebook:   / curiositymine   Twitter:   / curiositymine   Instagram:   / curiosity.mine   The web: http://curiositymine.com/ Patreon:   / curiositymine   Thank YOU for watching! #lightningridge #opalmining #strangethings

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