Museum: free. [2007]
Opal Mine
| Location: | Coober Pedy, 850km north of Adelaide and 680km south of Alice Springs. City center, off main street on Lea St. (29°0'36.99"S, 134°45'13.72"E) |
| Open: | All year daily 10, 12, 14, 16. [2007] |
| Fee: |
Mine tour: Adults AUD 10, Children AUD 5. Museum: free. [2007] |
| Classification: |
Opal Mine
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| Light: | electric |
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| Address: |
Umoona Opal Mine and Museum, PO Box 372 Coober Pedy, South Australia 5723, Tel: +61-8-8672-5288, Fax: +61-8-8672-5731.
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| Last update: | $Date: 2007/08/09 07:49:59 $ |
The Umoona Opal Mine is a typical opal mine of Coober Pedy. The mine tour is completed by an Aboriginal Interpretive Centre, an underground home, and an underground museum with detailed historical content on the town.
But the star of the exhibits is Umoonasaurus, a plesiosaur fossil. This frightening reptilian seal-like dinosaur has a compact body, four flippers, a long neck, a small head and a short tail. During the Jurassic it had the ecologic niche of the orca or killer whale.
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