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Cicero man mines legendary opal

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It started with a three-Coke friendship in Mexico By STU CLAMPITT news@readthereporter.com Dean Caldwell of Cicero has been mining opal and obsidian for six months of the year in Mexico for the last 15 years. Last year, he pulled an opal out of the side of a mountain that weighs in at 1,253 grams (6,265 carats). Caldwell told The Reporter he started mining opal in Mexico out of boredom, and he learned much of what he knows from a friendship start
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readthereporter.com broke the news in on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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