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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Gemstone Identification Please
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<blockquote data-quote="Wally69" data-source="post: 571539" data-attributes="member: 1916"><p>The ones my family have found were in Oban and Sarah in tin mine tailings when looking for topaz. Size is similar to the stones in the photo, but my brother did find a bigger one at around 4ct, from memory, that cut a good looking stone. </p><p></p><p>The mine reports show garnets present in most streams South of Mount Mitchell down to Glencoe and then a little west to Ben Lomond but all reports indicate minor occurrences of garnet. There are some reports of blue sapphire with purple cross table colours but I haven't come across a definite Ruby source......yet. Keen to see how these ones test up.</p><p></p><p>To get a handful would indicate to me that they were extracted closer to the source Than the spots I have been, or in a tailings screen cleanout location that concentrated the stones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wally69, post: 571539, member: 1916"] The ones my family have found were in Oban and Sarah in tin mine tailings when looking for topaz. Size is similar to the stones in the photo, but my brother did find a bigger one at around 4ct, from memory, that cut a good looking stone. The mine reports show garnets present in most streams South of Mount Mitchell down to Glencoe and then a little west to Ben Lomond but all reports indicate minor occurrences of garnet. There are some reports of blue sapphire with purple cross table colours but I haven't come across a definite Ruby source......yet. Keen to see how these ones test up. To get a handful would indicate to me that they were extracted closer to the source Than the spots I have been, or in a tailings screen cleanout location that concentrated the stones. [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Gemstone Identification Please
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