That is absolutely fascinating!! Thank you for such detailed information :o You are spot on, that is my area. Where I live sits in a purple zone, and 5 minutes up the road where I usually fossick and have found all of my nicest pieces, is in a yellow zone. I guess given the close proximity of...
Thank you for the information Lefty!! I suppose me asking 'what is this' might seem daft to those who know better, or maybe find this sort of thing common, but I am truly fascinated by what I see. It's great to be able to put a name to it and then do some of my own research into what it is and...
Hey everyone!
Just wanted to pop in and say hi. I went for a dig around the creek on my property, and actually I found a really neat little item;
I ws just very curious as to what I am looking at. It's like the quartz is growing outward of the inner core, but what would that core be? How...
What a great website, thank you!! As you say, my area is not really noted as having anything of particular interest. Funny thing, over the years I have come across really old historical documents for my particular suburb, from waaaay back in the early days and there are quite a few references to...
Thank you for the welcome! Haha the goat in my avatar was my boy Manny, he was like a brother to me. He was actually in hospital when that picture was taken so he was really feeling down, needed a hug :)
Phew! Glad I stumbled into the right place! It's so hard to know sometimes. Chalcedony...
Hey everyone :)
I really hope I'm ok posting this here, I'm 100% new to fossicking in general and it's so hard to know where to look online or who to ask...
But I'm based in south east QLD, and I live right by what is an ancient volcano (beautiful red soil, big mountain). There's a creek I...