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    need help -are these gems or minerals?

    i have pics in my gallery, have no idea how to add them to a message. i could upload them to photobucket for you if its easy. i was told it was a topaz. the caravan park onwer at Cania gorge, regulary fossicks at 3 moon creek. she identified the rounded blue/cream - semi see thru rock as a...
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    What are your other hobbies??

    my other hobbies? writing stories. last count it was up to 3000+. longest story is over 600,000 words. i also like to watch movies n documentaries. take photos. oh n sleep. :D
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    need help -are these gems or minerals?

    i've got 3 possibly 4 specimens i suspect are gems. if anyone can help me - it would be great. first is possibly a topaz. 2nd i think is either topaz or quartz. how does one know if they're cutters? i also have a mystery red gem which i think is zircon. i discovered that at Uralla possibly. th e...
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    anyone know of good gem fossicking in south australia n victoria?

    my hubby and i are planning a trip to Victoria, if the floods ever subside. i plan to visit Mt Shadwell near Warnambool. is there outher places near there i could fossick. i'm particularly interested in quartz, peridot, any volcanic minerals. i am a Volcanic fan, have scoria specimens already. i...
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    greetings from a Gem rat.

    hi i'm Rock Spectre, aka Alia. my husband n i are newbie fossickers. well he is, i' have some fossicking knowledge. i've been researching Adelaide's mining history for a while now. have visited Wheal Gawler, Wheal Whatkins n Wallaroo. we're now hobby fossickers, visited Tingha n Bingara last...
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