⭐ Gemstone & Mineral Show n Tell

[Heatho]

Nice little Ruby Bunyip, very keen to have a fossick around the area someday soon.

 

[bunyip]

Both found in the cudgegong near gulgong ;-) n thanks guy i thought it may have been ill start pollishing

 

[Gemzilla]

62.80 ct . some of the better stones from last trip

 

[Heatho]

Should have come shouldn't I, lol? Nice haul mate very well done.

 

[Gemzilla]

Yes Heatho, You most definitely should have come, 12 ct blue and 15 ct yellow along with so many others along the way

 

[Heatho]

Very nice mate, will have to head up in March or early April. From the creek or the pile?

 

[Gemzilla]

Cheers mate,
the blue and yellow were found within half hour of each other, all from the creek mate, together we all got plenty of good stones and I took pics of before and after where they were found and I am loving the sound of early April especially if you are keen.
I am really keen to go have a crack at GG if you have any heads up on the place any nuggets of info would be appreciated too

 

[Heatho]

Cheers mate,
the blue and yellow were found within half hour of each other, all from the creek mate, together we all got plenty of good stones and I took pics of before and after where they were found and I am loving the sound of early April especially if you are keen.
I am really keen to go have a crack at GG if you have any heads up on the place any nuggets of info would be appreciated too

Awesome! Yeah will be a touch cooler by then too.

Sent you a PM.

 

[dunny]

Hi Gemzilla. Those stones look magic in that pic,mate.

 

[Gemzilla]

Hi Gemzilla. Those stones look magic in that pic,mate.

Cheers dunny,
there was a lot of digging that went with it, now to get some cut before next round

 

[Sodabowski]

Wowza!

 

[kawman]

very nice stones... keep an eye out for diamonds in that area as well.... http://www.minelinks.com/alluvial/diamondGeology43.html

 

[Gemzilla]

very nice stones... keep an eye out for diamonds in that area as well.... http://www.minelinks.com/alluvial/diamondGeology43.html

Cheers Kawman, Is there really? I pulled out a few that look the part but didn't think they were around so assumed it was quartz or zircon, I may need to do some scratch tests, thanks!

 

[Moneybox]

The problem is that the raw diamonds don't really stand out. We most likely through a few away simply because they are too small and ordinary looking.

 

[BIGRED]

3 days at GG

 

[Lefty]

Some of those green stones look more like peridot than sapphires - is there peridot at GG?

 

[Sodabowski]

Some of those green stones look more like peridot than sapphires - is there peridot at GG?

I see blue on the borders of most of the greens, maybe your computer monitor setting? I've never seen peridot with blue hues... anyway nice haul! =)

 

[Hamish]

I've certainly seen a lot of green stones at GG that are not sapphires -- they look like peridot to me when they are in hand but I am not sure what exactly they are!

 

[Heatho]

Olivine/peridot. Also Fossickeract believes the striated greeny brown bits are Enstatite.

 

[Lefty]

Some of those green stones look more like peridot than sapphires - is there peridot at GG?

I see blue on the borders of most of the greens, maybe your computer monitor setting? I've never seen peridot with blue hues... anyway nice haul! =)

Yeah, I see those ones - they look like sapphires. But some of the other ones do look a bit peridot-ish