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Photo courtesy of Fossicker's Den
Photo courtesy of Red Earth Opal
Photo courtesy of Fossicker's Den
Photo courtesy of Fossicker's Den
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White Cliffs is famous for our opalised pineapples, there have only ever been between 300-500 found and the only place you can find them in the world is White Cliffs. Pineapples started life as Ikaite crystal clusters which form when the temperature is below 4 degrees celcius. When the ground temperature reaches 8 degrees the Ikaite pseudomorphs into Glendonite which is finally then replaced with precious opal. We also have pineapples that have a different crystal basis some of which could be gypsum and some are still unknown.
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