As the mining boom roars on, a small, historic part of the industry has been forgotten.
The vast, arid gem fields of South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland are some of the few places in the world where opals can be found.
But this iconic piece of Australian history is being killed off as tourism figures decline and the number of people taking up the opal mining trade plummets.
Kev Phillips has been mining opals in Queensland since the 1980s and says he is struggling to see a future for the industry.
"It's a very colourful industry; we've got people from all walks of life, doctors, teachers, immigrants, it's classic," he said.
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774 ABC Melbourne
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