⭐ Gemstone & Mineral Show n Tell

[Colmaca]

I think the biggest are about 3 carats but I think I need to tumble them or something

 

[BIGRED]

Black springs today it been too long since my last dig but happy with the out come.

 

[silver]

Mrs Silver is happy with your outcome as well BIGRED,.... "jealous" in fact, she says !

 

[BIGRED]

Here's a better pic of the ones that were caught in the 3/4 sieve

 

[BIGRED]

Went back to the Same spot not as many big ones but much more

 

[BIGRED]

 

[TheFossickingKid]

Great stones BIGRED!! Doing better then me

 

[Eldorado]

Nice stones Bigred.Did you find them in the public area at Sapphire Bend? Do you just sieve the gravel layer or do you wash the clay topsoil layer as well?

 

[BIGRED]

The road over. I'm in a great hole ATM the wash layer is big. I just wash the gravel wash layer.it's a gray colour I've found is the best light and darker gray but there's a more dirty brown wash layer there too that's very gravely and produces well too.

 

[Heatho]

Nice colours at Black Springs, real pity they are generally not bigger, some larger ones there but you have to be very lucky to get a decent cutter. Nice work BigRed.

 

[Bjay]

got these small stones while out panning for gold today. I have got know idea about gems , rounded one at top is only about match head size. I'm only guessing but I thing the small dark one is a saphire as in different light it's got a blue color . Any ideas about the others would be greatly appreciated. Found in west gippsland area if that helps.

 

[Heatho]

Zircons and a small Sapphire Bjay.

 

[Bjay]

Thanks Heatho i did a bit of looking on the net and just got confused as to what they might be. Now I've got another thing to look for just a fair bit bigger.

 

[AtomRat]

Rippa Bjay! Always something extra in the pan to look for

 

[phantom83]

Spent a couple of hours at Sapphire Bend today, 16 little blues found at the end of the day before I had to head back to Sydney.

 

[Sodabowski]

Nice score phantom

 

[Wally69]

Cleaning out the shed today and have been smashing up Quartz that the kids or I have put aside and came across a bit of small lava stone I picked up a few years ago with tiny specs of peridot on the surface.

Was surprised to get a few crystals out of the stone

 

[Wally69]

Any idea what this some is, it is pre-faceted by nature and black, possibly found in the same area as the peridot but time has faded my memory.

 

[Heatho]

Pretty cool finds for the collection mate.

 

[Sodabowski]

For me that's a collectible specimen!