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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Is spinel ALWAYS with sapphire?
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<blockquote data-quote="KarlS" data-source="post: 171850" data-attributes="member: 2409"><p>Yes there is always some zircon present on those locations. There is also gold at Naive Dog Creek and very little of black sand. I don't think that there is a rules as where you can find sapphires in NSW. On other river I prospect I find small sapphires, zircon, garnets, very small rubies and gold and almost no black sand and no Spinel. Actually I would like to find some decent size Spinel, I like color and lustre. </p><p>To my way of thinking, if you are finding very small rounded Zircon together with small Saphires, the source of those is long distance away. Zircon being softer wears faster then Saphire and you finish with very small zircon stones, worn out during long travel in the creeks and rivers. Saphire being hard doesn't wear out so easy but over long time of tumbling and crashing over the rocks it probably is fractured to smaller pieces. </p><p>Karl</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarlS, post: 171850, member: 2409"] Yes there is always some zircon present on those locations. There is also gold at Naive Dog Creek and very little of black sand. I don't think that there is a rules as where you can find sapphires in NSW. On other river I prospect I find small sapphires, zircon, garnets, very small rubies and gold and almost no black sand and no Spinel. Actually I would like to find some decent size Spinel, I like color and lustre. To my way of thinking, if you are finding very small rounded Zircon together with small Saphires, the source of those is long distance away. Zircon being softer wears faster then Saphire and you finish with very small zircon stones, worn out during long travel in the creeks and rivers. Saphire being hard doesn't wear out so easy but over long time of tumbling and crashing over the rocks it probably is fractured to smaller pieces. Karl [/QUOTE]
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Is spinel ALWAYS with sapphire?
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