⭐ Gemstone & Mineral Show n Tell

[Theduke]

Heres a couple rarer/uncommon gems I have first up is Diopside

Second is Clinohumite its only a small stone but has a nice colour to it

 

[Firepanther]

Recent haul from Weld River Tas.
Found my biggest sapphire to date. Just shy of 30ct.
So glad to get out and about with my dad.

 

[Lefty]

Nice haul there FP :Y: There might be some faceting material in the bigger blue one by the looks?

 

[Firepanther]

Nice haul there FP :Y: There might be some faceting material in the bigger blue one by the looks?

Yeah one side is pretty cracked while other is good. I nearly didn't spot it as it was cloudy and it was a very dark stone. Glad i didn't miss it though

 

[Gilly47]

Nice group of shiny stones M8

hoping to find some when I get to Lava Plains

ray

 

[Wally69]

You are on fire Panther :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: nice haul

 

[Dave79]

Nice finds there. Some of the little ones have beautiful colours and clarity and hopefully you get a nice one out of the big one. Might be worth sending some of the smaller ones to Lamberts.

 

[Firepanther]

Nice finds there. Some of the little ones have beautiful colours and clarity and hopefully you get a nice one out of the big one. Might be worth sending some of the smaller ones to Lamberts.

Yeah the 1st pic is a 6ct one which looks rough on outside but no flaws inside. As always the pictures don't do justice to these great looking gems

 

[RedDirtDigger]

Found a nice large crystal vugh while detecting in rough country. We dug down a couple feet and got hundreds of smaller crystals, some with solid green chlorite crystals within the base of the clears. Need crowbars and chisels to get down around the deeper material next visit.
https://i.imgur.com/YA1YZzN.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dO8euS5.jpg
https://imgur.com/gallery/HVX0dkv

 

[Firepanther]

Another trip down weld river before winter hits. Was bloody cold but got some nice stones.

Some zircons. Biggest was 4.1ct. All up 130.5cts worth.

Close up of 4.1ct zircon

Some topaz. Biggest is 15.2ct and all up there is 235.5cts

 

[Firepanther]

And 544.5cts of sapphire i got. Biggest is 8.2ct.

 

[Heatho]

Wow, some really nice looking stones in that lot. Well done. :drooling:

 

[Mackka]

Wow, that is one heck of a lot of Sapphires mate :drooling: :drooling: :drooling: :drooling: :drooling:
Congratulations.
Mackka :Y: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[Firepanther]

Yep was definitely in the honey spot. Was hoping to beat my 29ct sapphire record but not this time. Now to let the wifey choose her favorites

 

[Mackka]

Mate I am on the next flight, see you at the airport, ok?
Mackka layful:

 

[Firepanther]

Mate I am on the next flight, see you at the airport, ok?
Mackka layful:

Make sure to pack plenty of warm gear
The river is freezing now summer is gone :awful:

 

[Dave79]

You're braver than me but it sure paid off! Best ratio of sapphires I've seen from there. Nice honey hole!

 

[Dihusky]

That's an awesome haul FP, plenty of stock when you get your faceting machine and have progressed past quartz :lol: No.. seriously there looks to be some nice rough to play with :Y: :Y:

Have you tracked down a machine yet?

 

[Firepanther]

That's an awesome haul FP, plenty of stock when you get your faceting machine and have progressed past quartz :lol: No.. seriously there looks to be some nice rough to play with :Y: :Y:

Have you tracked down a machine yet?

Still working on it. Now its getting colder it'll be a good time to start to learn. Gotta catch up with the old man and see if he's caught up with his friend that was going to help him out

 

[Squint]

Hi all, above are some of my finds from the Minerama
weekend. Nothing large enough to facet unfortunately but had fun all the same. The two red stones are from Ruby Hill so the Garnets are still there for the finding if you look in the right spot. Had another three of a similar size but the kids claimed them. Also got some crystals and Molybdenum which I haven't got shots of yet. Possibly a star sapphire also but I need to polish it to find out for sure. Already looking forward to the next outing.