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Looks like the GI Minerama is off to a flying start. Breezy but fine, the weather should stay this way for the weekend.
Plenty of stalls to visit, would seem like the old mulloch dumps around the opal fields had a good going over by the amount of ironstone with potch being sold as "boulder opal". Alternatively, there are plenty of good quality sapphires, zircons and other nicely presented jewellery items at very negotiable prices.
A serious rock collector/carver could require a small trailer to carry his goodies home
An enquiry indicated the field trips were very heavily booked, and with water in the creeks from the recent rains some good finds could be made.
I was offered a bus trip out to the Emmaville mining museum, a real "to do" thing for any visitor.
mike
Plenty of stalls to visit, would seem like the old mulloch dumps around the opal fields had a good going over by the amount of ironstone with potch being sold as "boulder opal". Alternatively, there are plenty of good quality sapphires, zircons and other nicely presented jewellery items at very negotiable prices.
A serious rock collector/carver could require a small trailer to carry his goodies home
An enquiry indicated the field trips were very heavily booked, and with water in the creeks from the recent rains some good finds could be made.
I was offered a bus trip out to the Emmaville mining museum, a real "to do" thing for any visitor.
mike