Age: 110 million years old

Locality: Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

Formation: Griman Creek Formation

Length: 16mm long

Notes: This is an opalised pine cone from Australia. It is quite a rare specimen and is a great addition to my opal fossils collection. This specimen was kindly given to me by my friend Shaun. Thanks mate!

Age: 110 million years old

Locality: Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

Formation: Griman Creek Formation

Length: 32mm long

Notes: This is another opalised shell from my collection, kindly given to me by my friend Shaun. Thanks mate!

Age: 120 million years old

Locality: Coober Pedy, South Australia

Length: 52mm long

Age: 120 million years old

Locality: Coober Pedy, South Australia

Length: 60mm long

Notes: This is an opalised belemnite pipe from Australia. It originates from the Cretaceous marine deposits of Coober Pedy and is transparent when held up to a strong light. It is also quite a large example.

Age: 110 million years old

Locality: Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

Formation: Griman Creek Formation

Length: 25mm

Notes: This is an opalised bivalve shell from Australia. Unlike the marine shells from Coober Pedy, the other hotspot for opalised fossils in Australia, the shells from Lightning Ridge are less common and come from a freshwater river environment. This one is open, and clearly shows the ridged pattern of the shell it once was. A nice addition to my opal fossil collection.

Age: 110 million years old

Locality: Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

Formation: Griman Creek Formation

Length: 16mm end to end

Notes: This is an opalised dinosaur vertebra from Australia. I originally bought it as an opalised 'reptile' vertebra but it's ID as being a dinosaur vertebra was confirmed by one of the leading experts on the opalised fossils of Lightning Ridge. It is likely a juvenile ornithopod or theropod vertebral centrum, missing the tall neural arch. It is semi-transparent when held up to a strong light and is an exceptionally rare specimen. So far it is the only vertebrate fossil in my opalised fossils collection but I hope I am able to acquire more soon. Specimens like this very rarely come up for sale as most of them end up in museum collections due to their rarity and scientific value

Age: 110 million years old

Locality: Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia

Formation: Griman Creek Formation

Length: 16mm end to end

Notes: This is an opalised dinosaur vertebra from Australia. I originally bought it as an opalised 'reptile' vertebra but it's ID as being a dinosaur vertebra was confirmed by one of the leading experts on the opalised fossils of Lightning Ridge. It is likely a juvenile ornithopod or theropod vertebral centrum, missing the tall neural arch. It is semi-transparent when held up to a strong light and is an exceptionally rare specimen. So far it is the only vertebrate fossil in my opalised fossils collection but I hope I am able to acquire more soon. Specimens like this very rarely come up for sale as most of them end up in museum collections due to their rarity and scientific value.