⭐ Gemstone & Mineral Show n Tell

[richo966]

wow all good size stones mate well done 8)

 

[Gold689]

Thank you
hard to dig this area

 

[Heatho]

Very nice, quite large for that area too, well done.

 

[Varts]

Nice stones B zircons quite large I think I will be black springs soon ,that big saph is a common shape from that area ,what do you think?

Always nice and clear from that area...
Varts..

 

[Gold689]

Are you digging same spot where I was digging

Very nice mate

"B"

 

[Goldpick]

Here's a interesting rock I picked up from the Australian Industrial Minerals quarry way back in my 20's. I had permission to collect some minerals from here back then, but needless to say, it has since shut down, and there is definitely no access to the area.

The rock is mainly made up of sillaminite, disseminated rutile, and banks of large green damourite crystals through the top layer( green muscovite). It's pretty rare to find damourite in such large plates, normally they occur as fine flakes through the country rock. I believe the sillaminite was mined for the manufacturing of refractory bricks.

 

[WalnLiz]

A very vice specimen there Goldpick.

Wal.

 

[Goldpick]

Here area few more interesting rocks/minerals from my collection for anyone interested:

First up is another specimen from the Australian industrial minerals quarry, found at the same location as the Damourite. The operator hit a thin hydrothermal vein and spread the marterial over the ground for us to pick through. This example is mainly Sillaminate/fine damourite, with a nice haematite or similar coating on the face, with a beautiful multi-coloured tarnish to it (not copper related).

Here is a nice little example of some Molybenite in quartz, not sure of the locality as it was passed on from my pop many years ago.

I found this specimen of Ilmenite (Iron titanium oxide) outcropping in a pegmatite on a beach near Normanville, south of Adelaide.

This one is a nice specimen of Tigers Eye (silicified blue asbestos) from the Pilbara when I used to work in Newman at Whaleback. My brother knew of a location at a road cutting north of Newman for aquiring this example.

This one is a beauty, I actually bought this in WA for my collection, a real nice chunky specimen of native copper, and it's heavy.

Lastly, this one is a bit of a rarity, obtained from an ironstone/quartz outcrop in the Tanami Desert, it is made up of rare Chenevixite (copper arsenate), Chrysocolla (copper silicate), and some small patches of Malachite.

 

[Golden Tiger]

Great collection there Gold Pick...I'm Envious as always. One day I will get there.

 

[gudachi]

pseudomorphs from central queensland gemfields these little oddities turn up in the wash and are often a good indicator of gems or just more digging ,they look like sea shells limpits and even seeds some have got been found with amethyst crystals

star sapphires from tomahawk creek, zircons and skin polish parti colour from washpool fossicking field ,gold from dirty dicks gully castlemaine

blue sapphires from the coolamon mine sapphire rubyvale queensland on australia for promoting our sapphire industry

 

[Colin&Lee]

That's some fantastic looking stuff there gudachi can't go past the Sapphires

Cheers

C&L

 

[gudachi]

That's some fantastic looking stuff there gudachi can't go past the Sapphires

Cheers

C&L

Yeah gotta love the sapphires and zircons but you need the gold too to wear them i managed to sell some of the alluvial gold i had awhile back @$1K per ounce
and had it smelted into a beautiful ring .....now i need to find some more gold....cheers thanx for having a look

 

[David R]

Some black seamopals found noodeling in Lightning Ridge in 2003. In the Picture with many opals in you have a some boulderopals from Queensland, some nice people let me fossic one open cut for a day.

 

[Gold689]

Wooow my eye balls drop when I see this Opal :lol: Very impressive David R

 

[gudachi]

thats an impressive collection ,stunning reds and oranges like a sunset etched in stone,great photos too

 

[Colin&Lee]

Stunning

Cheers

C&L

 

[Kingsolomon]

The biggest in the middle is 4.95ct blue Sapphire and the Zircon is 4.52ct the big one
Public accessible but you will need permit to dig across the road.

Congrats on the stones!
This may seem like a funny question ... But do you think you can get a limousine into the area at Oberon?
Cheers
Barney

 

[Heatho]

Hey Barney, should be easy if dry. Getting right into the fossicking area is too muddy I think but it's only a 2 minute walk in from the road. Will call you this arvo when I get back.

 

[Gold689]

Thanks Barney

Limousine is fine but the Hummer is better suited for Oberon :lol:

Cheers,
''B''

 

[Varts]

Been out again!

These are very small and the pics don't do these beauty's any justice.....
Varts....