Greglz86
Greg Anderson
hey guys. The other week managed to get out for half a day so we made q quick trip up to grabben gullen.
We did ok, We got a Couple of smaller sapphires and garnets but a few are a little questionable. As in im not sure if i have something good or a bit of pretty quartz/glass.
The photos don't do it much justice but no 1 and 2 look like sapphires to me but with no 1's shape it kind of looks like quartz as well]. No 3 looks like a garnet however the color is a lot lighter than the pink-blood red ones i have been getting and depending on what angle you hold it it can look a bit blueish.
I will look into trying a scratch test in the next few days just thought id share the find and get an opinion off the PA gem experts
I should probably add that all stones were found in the heavies after i sieved and centered them.
cheers guys. Greg
We did ok, We got a Couple of smaller sapphires and garnets but a few are a little questionable. As in im not sure if i have something good or a bit of pretty quartz/glass.
The photos don't do it much justice but no 1 and 2 look like sapphires to me but with no 1's shape it kind of looks like quartz as well]. No 3 looks like a garnet however the color is a lot lighter than the pink-blood red ones i have been getting and depending on what angle you hold it it can look a bit blueish.
I will look into trying a scratch test in the next few days just thought id share the find and get an opinion off the PA gem experts
I should probably add that all stones were found in the heavies after i sieved and centered them.
cheers guys. Greg