Opal a Wotu Fam

Ansa na opal miners no befi ase atutu fam no ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbisa leases na prospect ne drilling rig. Saa drilling rig yi bɛkɔ fam akɔ bedrock no so na wɔafa samples a wɔbɛhwehwɛ mu ahwɛ sɛ opals biara nni hɔ anaa. Sɛ wohu opal a wɔbɛtu tokuru bi akɔ fam afi biako akosi sɛ wɔkyekyem pɛpɛɛpɛ a, ɛyɛ mita 30. Afei nea otu opal no de jack hama anaa afiri a wɔde tu asase bɛyɛ adwuma. Wɔn a wɔbɔ mframa denneennen no bɛma efĩ no so akɔ soro na wɔde ahyɛ lɔre no mu. Bere bi a atwam no, na wɔde mfiri a wɔde ma nneɛma so di dwuma de ma efĩ so kɔ soro. Ná lɔre ahorow no de efĩ no bɛkɔ agitator bi a wɔde asi ɔtare no so na wɔhohoro efĩ no ma opal ahorow no nyinaa da adi. Atopae kakraa bi pɛ na ɛwɔ Lightning Ridge efisɛ bonds a ne bo yɛ den ne mmirikatu ho ka a ɛho hia na wɔde ayɛ opal a wɔabue a wɔatwa no adwuma.

Opal a Wɔtu wɔ Lightning Ridge

Mfonini ahorow fi benkum kɔ nifa: Lightning Ridge, drilling rig a ɛreyɛ adwuma ne opal miner’s camp.

Opal efĩ a wɔtow gu lɔre mu- Lɔre ahorow a wɔtow gu ɔtare beae

Hyɛ lɔre ahorow a ɛwɔ ɔtare no fasu so no nsow- Agitator foforo - agitator dedaw a ɛyɛ dry nsu biara nni hɔ a enhia na wɔde ayɛ saa mfiri yi adwuma.

Australia opal mfuw wɔ abakɔsɛm a ɛware na ɛyɛ kɔla ahorow. Ɛha na wubetumi anya yɛn mfuw a yenim no yiye no ho nhumu a ɛyɛ anigye. Beae a wɔde kɔkɔɔ a ɛyɛ hann ahyɛ no agyirae wɔ ase hɔ no kyerɛ baabi a bere bi na tete Artesian po a ɛwɔ asase mu no da beae yi mu Australia opal mfuw a agye din sen biara no yɛ adwuma. Wohu opal a ɛsom bo ahorow nyinaa wɔ beae kɛse yi. Mpɔtam a wɔde kɔkɔɔ ahyɛ no agyirae no kyerɛ baabi a wohu Queensland opal mfuw a ɛwɔ abotan mu opal fie no mantam no.

Australia opal mfuw yɛ soronko koraa wɔ wiase. Wɔtu opals a ɛfiri Queensland wɔ dadeɛ aboɔ akyi na opal tuntum wɔ potch tuntum soronko na Coober Pedy wɔ crystals pii a wɔayɛ sɛ seam opals anaa fossil. Mpɔtam biara yɛ soronko araa ma ɛnyɛ den sɛ wɔn a wotu opal no betumi ahu nsonsonoe a ɛda beae a opal no fi bae no ntam, nanso opal a wotu a wɔn ho akokwaw betumi ahu mpo wɔ ɔfã anaa beae a efi opal afuw bi mu a opal no fi bae.

Opal a Wotu Fam

Opal yɛ obi a wonim no yiye sɛ aboɔden abo a ɛsom bo a wonya fi silica gel a ɛnyɛ ahwehwɛ mu. Ɛyɛ nsuo 2 kɔsi 5% ne silica kurukuruwa nketenkete a wɔahyehyɛ no sɛdeɛ ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Ɛtaa susuw 5.5 kosi 6.5 na egyina MOH solidity’s scale so a diamonds nya scale score of9 kosi 10. Ɛyɛ awobo ma October.

Wɔ 1849 mu no, wohuu Opal wɔ anantwi gyinabea bi a wɔfrɛ no Tarrawilla, wɔ Angaston. Ɛkame ayɛ sɛ, wohu Opal no 95% wɔ Australia. Nanso, wɔahu kakraa bi wɔ mmeae te sɛ USA, Brazil ne Mexico. Ɛte sɛ nea opal mfuw foforo a ɛwɔ Ethiopia no yɛ nea ɛhyɛ bɔ. Opal a wotu fagude mantam atitiriw abiɛsa na ɛwɔ Australia a ɛma wonya Opal ahorow ahorow.

Wohu Opal akorae dodow no ara wɔ New South Wales ne South Australia ne Queensland. Afuw biara ma opal ahorow bi a ɛwɔ nneɛma bi ne kɔla ahorow bi. Wobu Lightning Ridge sɛ opal tuntum a agye din na ɛyɛ nwonwa sen biara.

Wonim Coober Pedy yiye sɛ ɛyɛ Milky Opals. Mprempren ne opal mfuw no bi ne asase a ne kɛse bɛyɛ kilomita 45. Andamooka afuw no wɔ Coober Pedy anafo fam atɔe wɔ anhweatam man a ne fã kɛse no ara yɛ mu. Andamooka yɛ Australia Opal mfuw a agye din sen biara no mu biako, na ɛde Opal asinasin a ɛyɛ nwonwa sen biara no bi aba a nea wonim no sɛ ‘Queens Gem’ ka ho.

Saa opal mfuw a ɛwɔ Andamooka mpɔtam hɔ yi mu dodow no ara ma Opal a ɛyɛ ahwehwɛ, esum, aboɔden abo, ne hann ba. Opal taa ba wɔ abotan a ɛyɛ fĩ ne ogya bepɔw nyinaa mu. Nokwarem no, akwan horow wɔ hɔ a wɔfa so tu Opal. Mpɛn pii no, nkrataa bi wɔ hɔ a ɛkɔ akyiri a ɛkyerɛ nneɛma a wɔaboaboa ano ama Australia Opal bi.

Akwan a wɔfa so tu opal

Fa shaft bi gu fam:

Eyi ne ɔkwan a ɛyɛ mmerɛw sen biara a wɔfa so tu opal denam shovel ne pick a wɔde di dwuma so. Wɔde agyan bi hyɛ nsu ase tẽẽ kosi sɛ “Opal efĩ” bi bɛda adi. Ná dua no span no betumi ayɛ ketewaa dodo te sɛ mita abiɛsa anaasɛ ne trɛw bɛyɛ mita 20. Wɔde skru draiver anaa handpick di dwuma de yi Opal biara a wobehu no fi adi esiane ɔbo no mmerɛwyɛ nti. Nanso ɛnam aban mmara nti ɛreyɛ den na ne boɔ yɛ den ama saa adwuma a wɔtu fagudeɛ yi.

Open cut mining:

Wɔnam nnwinnade akɛse, bulldozers, excavators a wɔde di dwuma so na ɛyɛ saa adeyɛ yi de yi efĩ kɛse a atwa opal no ho ahyia a ɛbɛn anim no afi hɔ ma wɔahwɛ mu. Saa kwan yi yɛ nea ɛyɛ soronko kɛse na wɔtaa de hwehwɛ abotan a wɔfrɛ no opal a ɛwɔ Queensland mfinimfini no mu.

Noodles a wɔde yɛ:

Ebinom de wɔn ho ahyɛ mfiri a wɔde yɛ noodles kɛse mu denam efĩ pii a wɔama ho kwan ma wɔatwa Opal no ho ahyia wɔ conveyer belt so wɔ hann a ɛyɛ violet kɛse ase, na ɛno na ɛkyerɛ opal a ɛsom bo no.

Puddling ne Rumbling:

Puddler yɛ sanku a emu yɛ duru a wɔde ahama ayɛ a wɔde ahyɛ mfiri mu. Saa mfiri yi twitwiw dɔte no na ɛkyinkyin kɔ atɛkyɛ mu bere a wɔhyɛ nsu kɔ sanku no mu no. Saa atɛkyɛ yi fa ahama no mu. Wonim ɔkwan bi a ɛbata ho sɛ dry rumbling.

Saa dummy a wɔakyerɛw so sɛ “ratter” yi yɛ nea ɛkyerɛ nea wɔn a wotu fam susuw wɔ nnipa a wowia opal fi wɔn atopae mu no ho

Australiafo Nnwumakuw a Wɔtu Opal

Mprempren, Australia na wonya wiase no mu opal bɛyɛ ɔha biara mu nkyem 95 fi abotan a ɛyɛ fĩ a ɛwɔ Australia mfinimfini no mu. Aman afoforo a wɔyɛ opal kakraa bi no bi ne Honduras, Mexico, kan Czechoslovakia ne Brazil. Sɛ Brazil opal a nsu a ɛtɔ gu fam no nkutoo nka ho a, opal a ɛwɔ aman yi mu no wɔ ogya bepɔw mu abotan mu. Sedimentary opal yɛ nea ɛkorɔn sen ogya bepɔw mu opal.

Australia opal akorae a ɛho hia no nyinaa wɔ Great Australian Basin no anoano anaasɛ ɛbɛn ho. Ɛsono sɛnea opal a wɔde asie no te wɔ afuw biara mu. Abo a ɛsom bo sen biara ne opal tuntum a efi Lightning Ridge. Gem quality opals bo yɛ soronko kɛse. Mprempren opal tuntum a ɛyɛ papa a wɔansiesie no bo yɛ dɔla 10,000 wɔ carat biara mu. Opal a ɛnyɛ papa no bo gu ahorow kɛse a egyina opal ko, ne kɔla, efĩ ne sintɔ ahorow so. Wonnim mfaso a ɛwɔ adwuma no so ma Australia sikasɛm esiane sɛnea emu apaapae ne aban kyerɛwtohɔ ahorow a ɛnnɔɔso nti. Wɔtaa fa akontaabu a ɛyɛ dɔla Ɔpepem 100 kosi Dɔla Ɔpepem 200 afe biara a wɔde yɛ aboɔden abo a wɔantwitwa ho asɛm ka. Akontaabu ahorow a efi Ɔman nniso ahorow hɔ foa akontaabu a ɛyɛ katee kɛse no so.

Abakɔsɛm mu no, opal a wotu no ayɛ nea otuo ketewa no akora so, ɛwom sɛ opal Aman no mu biara (South Australia, New South Wales ne Queensland) ahyɛ mmara anaasɛ wɔafi ase rehyɛ ho nkuran de ahyɛ ɔkwantufo ne nea otu fam kɛse no nkuran de. Ɛmfa ho sɛ abotan a ebetumi ayɛ opal wɔ Australia mfinimfini no trɛw kɛse no, opal beae foforo biako pɛ (Lambina wɔ South Australia) ne nneɛma foforo a ɛho hia kakraa bi na wɔahu wɔ akyirikyiri fi mmeae a ɛwɔ hɔ dedaw no mu wɔ mfe 70 a atwam no mu.

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