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Just a quick question - where in the central vic goldfields can I find nice quartz crystals? I've been searching the entire state for these blighters and it would be great to have a place so close to home Thanks, Manficat

After finding no sapphires at multiple places, I'm starting to wonder if there are sapphires at the beaches next to point leo. My book says that Tulum/Balnarring beach has sapphires, and as far as I know you can fossick there. Very pissed that the one place where lots of sapphires were found in...

It's a great book. I learnt heaps

Hello everyone, I have already asked this same question on the aussie lapidary forum and am asking again here to see if anyone from this forum can answer. I have found a location known for almandine garnets over near Wangaratta and was wondering if anyone knows about this place. Concerning the...

Hello everyone, I would like to find some turquoise for a friend who really loves its colour. I have done some research and found that there is turquoise around Fish creek and some near Mansfield, but I don't know where exactly and if it is accessible. Could anyone help? Thanks Manfi

Hello everyone, My family surprised me with a birthday trip to Eldorado/Beechworth next week. I have never done much research on the area and only have a few days until the trip. I am mainly interested in finding gems eg. agate, sapphires, tourmaline, quartz but of course I can't say no to gold...

Hello everyone, I was just wondering what else you can find here in Vic. I have scoured the internet and gone on plenty of fossicking trips, and here is everything I have found. Gold, garnet, zircon, olivine/peridot, agate, jasper, fossils (teeth, grinding plates, urchins, shells, fish earbones...

Thanks mate, alright, the eastern shore. I'll be sure to go there. It seems more lesser known, so hopefully they are relatively plentiful. I'll send an update of what I find. :)

Hello everyone, Over the holidays, I went to Sailor's Creek, Moonlight Head and the quarry at Mt Shadwell. I found a small handful of garnets and zircons, nothing big enough to facet, and got a Woolies shopping bag full of olivine at the quarry. I am in the process of opening my olivine to look...

Wouldn't it be possible to give the normal sieve a good shake, sending the gems to the bottom, and then scoop the top layers off? I probably will buy a gem sieve anyway.

Ok, thanks guys! I'll look into buying one of these

I have recently come across gem sieving, and I have a few locations in mind to try it out, but I don't have a gem sieve! Could I use a normal kitchen sieve to find gems, or does it not work because of the sieve's shape? Thanks, ManfiCat

Ok, I put it into some vinegar, and it did not react. Great, I found my very first agate!

I don't have any hydrochloric acid, so I can't check, but how would it react? That sounds very interesting!

Hello everyone, I recently went to the Mornington Peninsula, specifically Cairns Bay for some fossicking, and I came across this interesting rock. I took it home and sanded it, and I was convinced it was an agate, but it leaves a streak when I grind it on a brick. I thought agate had a hardness...

Hello all! I am new to gem collecting/fossicking/prospecting, not entirely sure what it is called. I would love to learn more about collecting gems and other stones near Port Campbell or Melbourne. I have been to Obrien's Point in Blackwood to look for gold and garnets, and found a couple...