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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Australian Gemstone Localities [Published 1933] - (Digitised 1982)
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<blockquote data-quote="user 12139" data-source="post: 476670" data-attributes="member: 12139"><p>many moons ago when travelling around Australia on a working holiday we pulled up in a QLD caravan park for a few days when we met an elderly couple who were on their return trip to Sydney from Julia Creek, each year they would travel to Julia Creek chasing gems, mostly agates. We were sitting around a park bench slurping down a few froths while swapping stories when the ol' fella pulled out a rock, it had a white crust on the outside and was probably 6" in diameter. He had knocked off a small corner when finding it to confirm what it was.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, it was nighttime when he showed us this rock, he had a torch with him. When you pointed the torch into the rock from the corner he had knocked off, the rock completely soaked up all the torch's light and the rock appeared to be bottomless... it was quite impressive. I can't remember what he said the rock was, but he was over the moon about it.</p><p></p><p>Anyone have an idea of what it may have been? </p><p></p><p>Thanks AL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 12139, post: 476670, member: 12139"] many moons ago when travelling around Australia on a working holiday we pulled up in a QLD caravan park for a few days when we met an elderly couple who were on their return trip to Sydney from Julia Creek, each year they would travel to Julia Creek chasing gems, mostly agates. We were sitting around a park bench slurping down a few froths while swapping stories when the ol' fella pulled out a rock, it had a white crust on the outside and was probably 6" in diameter. He had knocked off a small corner when finding it to confirm what it was. Anyway, it was nighttime when he showed us this rock, he had a torch with him. When you pointed the torch into the rock from the corner he had knocked off, the rock completely soaked up all the torch's light and the rock appeared to be bottomless... it was quite impressive. I can't remember what he said the rock was, but he was over the moon about it. Anyone have an idea of what it may have been? Thanks AL [/QUOTE]
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Australian Gemstone Localities [Published 1933] - (Digitised 1982)
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