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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Sapphire Bend, Oberon NSW
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 434495" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>Perhaps sapphires stick around an area even after natural and man made disturbance due to thier higb SG?</p><p></p><p>Jim Elliot believes that most sapphires don't tend to ever go all that far from their point of origin at the surface. He bases his argument partly on the fact that different parts of the same field can have marked differences in the type and quality of sapphires, with certain characteristics predominating in certain areas.</p><p></p><p>Glenalva is a section of our field away from the main mining areas and the stones from their have a distinct appearence, being often much lighter in colour. The mines department says that blue stones are rare at Glenalva, many of the stones I've handled that supposedly came from that spot are in fact blue-on-green but they are so much less saturated that they appear a kind of aqua shade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 434495, member: 2976"] Perhaps sapphires stick around an area even after natural and man made disturbance due to thier higb SG? Jim Elliot believes that most sapphires don't tend to ever go all that far from their point of origin at the surface. He bases his argument partly on the fact that different parts of the same field can have marked differences in the type and quality of sapphires, with certain characteristics predominating in certain areas. Glenalva is a section of our field away from the main mining areas and the stones from their have a distinct appearence, being often much lighter in colour. The mines department says that blue stones are rare at Glenalva, many of the stones I've handled that supposedly came from that spot are in fact blue-on-green but they are so much less saturated that they appear a kind of aqua shade. [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Sapphire Bend, Oberon NSW
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