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<blockquote data-quote="Heatho" data-source="post: 364248" data-attributes="member: 487"><p>I'm, 99.95% certain it's spinel mate, fractured spinel faces always look very very glassy. Specific gravity test will confirm the difference between spinel and obsidian. Plus the deposit info on the area was how I first discovered that there should be at least some gems there, the deposit info also states sapphs and diamond. I'm actually quite surprised that we haven't found any sapphs there yet, hopefully some will show themselves oneday. </p><p></p><p>Here's the deposit info minus the GPS co-ords, so we can hoard it to ourselves, lol.</p><p></p><p>"<em>Further other minerals in the host sands include corundum, zircon, rutile, brookite, topaz, beryl, garnet and tourmaline.</em></p><p><em>Major_source: company report</em></p><p><em>Commodities</em></p><p><em>Au MAJOR</em></p><p><em>diamond - gem MINOR</em></p><p><em>sapphire MINOR"</em></p><p></p><p>Interesdting that it does not mention pleonaste/spinel. Though spinel is nearly always associated with these other gems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Heatho, post: 364248, member: 487"] I'm, 99.95% certain it's spinel mate, fractured spinel faces always look very very glassy. Specific gravity test will confirm the difference between spinel and obsidian. Plus the deposit info on the area was how I first discovered that there should be at least some gems there, the deposit info also states sapphs and diamond. I'm actually quite surprised that we haven't found any sapphs there yet, hopefully some will show themselves oneday. Here's the deposit info minus the GPS co-ords, so we can hoard it to ourselves, lol. "[i]Further other minerals in the host sands include corundum, zircon, rutile, brookite, topaz, beryl, garnet and tourmaline. Major_source: company report Commodities Au MAJOR diamond - gem MINOR sapphire MINOR"[/i] Interesdting that it does not mention pleonaste/spinel. Though spinel is nearly always associated with these other gems. [/QUOTE]
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