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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Sapphire Rubyvale area
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<blockquote data-quote="boobook" data-source="post: 341646" data-attributes="member: 1605"><p>Moth. </p><p>I would take that 'old claim owner" with a very big pinch of salt.</p><p>What I was talking about was well over 25yrs. ago. The last time we went back to Washpool (2003) there were registered claims on areas we had dug out years before. </p><p>Spoke to a bloke who was digging exactly where we had started in 1988, and no....the sapphires/zircons had not grown back.</p><p>He had actually paid money for a claim which would have been a total duffer.</p><p></p><p>Why not next time take a walk up Retreat creek looking at old wash patterns running across.</p><p>The geology of the whole area/region indicates several tectonic shifts due to volcanic action.</p><p></p><p>The shallow washes are of a "pyroclastic" nature, like a big "burp" expelling magma debris without undue force. Then though climate action the catchment gutters evolved concentrating heavier minerals.</p><p></p><p>If you stand on the top of Graves Hill and look NW you can identify the way in which gravity would have distributed the washes.</p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boobook, post: 341646, member: 1605"] Moth. I would take that 'old claim owner" with a very big pinch of salt. What I was talking about was well over 25yrs. ago. The last time we went back to Washpool (2003) there were registered claims on areas we had dug out years before. Spoke to a bloke who was digging exactly where we had started in 1988, and no....the sapphires/zircons had not grown back. He had actually paid money for a claim which would have been a total duffer. Why not next time take a walk up Retreat creek looking at old wash patterns running across. The geology of the whole area/region indicates several tectonic shifts due to volcanic action. The shallow washes are of a "pyroclastic" nature, like a big "burp" expelling magma debris without undue force. Then though climate action the catchment gutters evolved concentrating heavier minerals. If you stand on the top of Graves Hill and look NW you can identify the way in which gravity would have distributed the washes. Mike [/QUOTE]
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