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Australian Opal Mining
CNN's John Defterios went to Australia for a while. He says the country is "desiccated" and has no water, except this year when rains came. But there are wet spots around where Australian opals come from; they're mined in places like Cooper Pedy. It can be 120 degrees during summer time if you dig for opal with fire in it: that's unusual.