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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
unknown find from slatey
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 288346" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>My father worked on many construction projects in the area in the 60's and 70's. An engineer told him that when they built the wall of the Callide dam near Biloela, small sapphires were found in the ground samples from where the footings of the wall were to go in.</p><p></p><p>Just outside Bilo is an interesting place called Mount Scoria.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://queenslandplaces.com.au/sites/queenslandplaces.com.au/files/imagecache/watermarked/exhibits/postcards/B0215.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.npsr.qld.gov.au/images/parks/mount_scoria2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>If you going to attempt the climb to the top to look at the basalt columns then you need to be fit or crazy - the loose scree just keeps sliding under your feet and it's one hard slog up the side to the top.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://media.thethousands.com.au/media_versions/2015/01/20/15/43/02/773/stray_mt_scoria_a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 288346, member: 2976"] My father worked on many construction projects in the area in the 60's and 70's. An engineer told him that when they built the wall of the Callide dam near Biloela, small sapphires were found in the ground samples from where the footings of the wall were to go in. Just outside Bilo is an interesting place called Mount Scoria. [img]http://queenslandplaces.com.au/sites/queenslandplaces.com.au/files/imagecache/watermarked/exhibits/postcards/B0215.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.npsr.qld.gov.au/images/parks/mount_scoria2.jpg[/img] If you going to attempt the climb to the top to look at the basalt columns then you need to be fit or crazy - the loose scree just keeps sliding under your feet and it's one hard slog up the side to the top. [img]http://media.thethousands.com.au/media_versions/2015/01/20/15/43/02/773/stray_mt_scoria_a.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
unknown find from slatey
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