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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Sapphire Rubyvale area
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 339931" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>The old miners up the track from us at Russian Gully when I was a kid said the same - always take the first couple of inches of the clay floor because the stones will sink into it, being of a high SG.</p><p></p><p>We had very clayey wash at Russian Gully, I remember dad used to dig a heap out and spread it on a tarp overnight. It would become a bit more friable after exposure to air. We often still had to let a sieve full sit in the drum of water for 10 minutes or longer to really melt that clay. I remember the same old miner from up the track, an old Italian bloke named Carlo Fasci - Carlo passed away a number of years ago out there - showing me how to go through it properly. "Always break up the clay lumps" he said. He broke up the lumps in my sieve and out popped a star sapphire about 15 carats. It turned out to be no good but I would have just thrown it out had it been a good one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 339931, member: 2976"] The old miners up the track from us at Russian Gully when I was a kid said the same - always take the first couple of inches of the clay floor because the stones will sink into it, being of a high SG. We had very clayey wash at Russian Gully, I remember dad used to dig a heap out and spread it on a tarp overnight. It would become a bit more friable after exposure to air. We often still had to let a sieve full sit in the drum of water for 10 minutes or longer to really melt that clay. I remember the same old miner from up the track, an old Italian bloke named Carlo Fasci - Carlo passed away a number of years ago out there - showing me how to go through it properly. "Always break up the clay lumps" he said. He broke up the lumps in my sieve and out popped a star sapphire about 15 carats. It turned out to be no good but I would have just thrown it out had it been a good one. [/QUOTE]
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