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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Lava Plains fossicking area.
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<blockquote data-quote="SneakyCuttlefish" data-source="post: 375595" data-attributes="member: 3340"><p>Its a pretty remote spot Bill. </p><p></p><p>I was out there last year in Winter and there was a few travellers pulling up for a scratch. Some of the most astonishing sapphires come out of the Lava Plains deposits but its hard yakka to get them. The over burden layer is anywhere from 30cm to 2 meters deep. I found the best way to go is to jump in someones else's abandoned dig and widen the hole a bit. If your on the clay layers then you're on the sapphires. (the clay's are the pyroclastic ashes that carried the sapphires) You have to bring your own water in so that limits the amount of soil you can wash and the clay sticks like glue to everything so you have to make sure you really look hard at every sieve. This time of the year its so bloody hot you'll probably carc it before finding anything good. Either that or the march flies will suck you dry.</p><p></p><p>I've always wanted to hit it during the Wet when there is plenty of water from the sky but the risk of being stuck out for days to weeks is very real. (I don't mind at all but the boss might <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SneakyCuttlefish, post: 375595, member: 3340"] Its a pretty remote spot Bill. I was out there last year in Winter and there was a few travellers pulling up for a scratch. Some of the most astonishing sapphires come out of the Lava Plains deposits but its hard yakka to get them. The over burden layer is anywhere from 30cm to 2 meters deep. I found the best way to go is to jump in someones else's abandoned dig and widen the hole a bit. If your on the clay layers then you're on the sapphires. (the clay's are the pyroclastic ashes that carried the sapphires) You have to bring your own water in so that limits the amount of soil you can wash and the clay sticks like glue to everything so you have to make sure you really look hard at every sieve. This time of the year its so bloody hot you'll probably carc it before finding anything good. Either that or the march flies will suck you dry. I've always wanted to hit it during the Wet when there is plenty of water from the sky but the risk of being stuck out for days to weeks is very real. (I don't mind at all but the boss might :P ) [/QUOTE]
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