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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Australian Gemstone Localities [Published 1933] - (Digitised 1982)
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<blockquote data-quote="snafu" data-source="post: 505250" data-attributes="member: 1252"><p>It's a comprehensive list, but a bit vague and also incorrect with some locations.</p><p></p><p>The listing for sapphire in Qld shows Anakie as a location and even though the central Qld gemfields are known as the Anakie fields, there is no documented evidence that sapphires were ever found at Anakie. It got the name Anakie gemfields from the geological reference of the area known as the Anakie Metamorphics and also because it was the stepping off point for those arriving by rail back in the early days, which would have been practically everybody.</p><p></p><p>It also lists Pot and Kettle Creek, no such place here. There is a Boot & Kettle Creek north of Rubyvale that may have produced sapphires at one time, but there is no sign of any wash or old diggings in the area. The listing for Glendariwell & Keilambete are incorrect as no known deposits exist or have existed there.</p><p></p><p>As is the case with a lot of early reference lists, place names change or no longer exist.</p><p></p><p>Interesting to note that Sapphire is not listed, nor is Withersfield where sapphire was first discovered here in 1872.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snafu, post: 505250, member: 1252"] It's a comprehensive list, but a bit vague and also incorrect with some locations. The listing for sapphire in Qld shows Anakie as a location and even though the central Qld gemfields are known as the Anakie fields, there is no documented evidence that sapphires were ever found at Anakie. It got the name Anakie gemfields from the geological reference of the area known as the Anakie Metamorphics and also because it was the stepping off point for those arriving by rail back in the early days, which would have been practically everybody. It also lists Pot and Kettle Creek, no such place here. There is a Boot & Kettle Creek north of Rubyvale that may have produced sapphires at one time, but there is no sign of any wash or old diggings in the area. The listing for Glendariwell & Keilambete are incorrect as no known deposits exist or have existed there. As is the case with a lot of early reference lists, place names change or no longer exist. Interesting to note that Sapphire is not listed, nor is Withersfield where sapphire was first discovered here in 1872. [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Australian Gemstone Localities [Published 1933] - (Digitised 1982)
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