Since 1944, this family-owned business has been revealing Nevada’s opals. It costs $75-$190 per day to dig at this mine, but you get to keep the opals you find. #10 Virgin Valley Road, Denio ...

Outdoor Nevada host John Burke visits Royal Peacock Opal Mines in Nevada’s Virgin Valley to dig for rare black opals — the state’s official gemstone.

The Virgin Valley’s opal mines — Rainbow Ridge and Royal Peacock — are open from spring to fall and charge a fee to dig, with tourist-prospectors keeping any opals they find. Costs vary ...

The Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal is No. 1 in Nevada’s state gemstone pecking order. The opal is the Silver State’s official “precious” gemstone.

Few realize that the world’s most famous black fire opal – the official Nevada State Gem – was discovered in Nevada’s remote Virgin Valley in 1918.