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| 1985, 1992 Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited © 1992 Reader’s Digest (New Zealand) Limited © 1976,...& Geophysics. Published by Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited 26-32 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills...identification Prospecting for gold Gemstone areas of Australia The collector's gear Polishing and cutting Fossicking...are exceptions to these two categories— precious opal, turquoise and jade are regarded as true gem minerals...minerals are widely distributed over the surface of Australia, but some areas, because of different geological |
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| Pty. Ltd. 26 Harries Road, Coorparoo, Qld. 4151 Australia © Copyright Len Cram 1994 © Photography and text...Black Opal. Contents Introduction 5 Opal History 7 Australian Opals 13 Australian Opal Geology...What is Opal? On the Trail 15 17 19 Let’s Go Hunting For Opal! 23 New South Wales Opal Fields Lightning...49 South Australian Opal Fields Coober Pedy Mintabie Andamooka 41 53 57 59 Queensland Opal Fields...designed for, and is dedicated to, those thousands of opal lovers who hunt for the elusive gem during their |
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| coronet of agate and topaz, Bert Scheps, F.G.A.A. for opal and carnelian jewellery, Harry Pearce for the clock...and bound by Kyodo Printing Co Ltd, Tokyo. National Library of Australia Cataloguing in Publication data...colourbook series). ISBN 0 589 07012 6. I. Gems - Australia - Identification. I. Perry, Ron.joint author....Gemstones in Alphabetical Order Origin of Coiour - Opal 11 14 - 101 50 Tests for Identification 106...excellent geological displays, and thrir courtesy and co-operation are truly appreciated by all who wish to |
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| ILLINOIS LIBRARY i ^ 6^2.09 S ^^ 2 . ) I NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject...Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia:...name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining field, and...occurrences. A case in point may be cited from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst |
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| frequencies ranging from 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz is reaching new detection depths, finding treasure that other detectors...Explorer XS and Explorer S - Look at these great new features: • Great Depth • Target profiling with 2D...State Forest of NSW 14 A NEW WORLD OF TREASURE HUNTING Introducing M1ne1ab's new Explorer 18 THE 1999 ARARAT...CLASSIC MAKES A COMEBACK The famous book Northmost Australia 1n pnnt again ~ 38 DISHING1 AN EASY BUT NECESSARY...process 41 THE NEW BOUNTY HUNTERS ARE HERE Two easy-to-use treasure finders land 1n Australia 44 TWENTY |
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| THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF. NEW SOUTH ·WALES * .--- -. No. 18 GEMSTO-NES COMPILED BY G. ROSE AUGUST...AUGUST, 1960 ··- * 1 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES DEPARTMENT OF . MINES 2'4109 (75 c) DEPARTMENT...SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES F. W, BOOKER, GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NEW SOUTH WALES No....Mines 24109-1 ., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NEW SOUTH WALES No. 18 GEMSTONES Compiled by G. RosE, August...History and Mode of Occurrence D. Occurrences in New South Wales I. Lightning Ridge (Wallangulla) II. White |
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| a Nn | BOX 430, CARDIFF CF1 3XT UNIVERSITY OF WALES, CARDIFF, PO LF 114/0895 Digitized by the Internet...Macquarie University North Ryde, N.S.W. 2109, Australia *Present address: Department of Geology and Geophysics...Geophysics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6009, Australia. Copyright © 1994, The Geological...Macquarie University, North Ryde, N.S.W. 2109, Australia The idea for this volume arose during the Third...Canberra in tors, eastern Australia, Antarctica, southern Africa, and south- August 1986. At that meeting |
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| more time finding nuggets! Minelab's revolutionary new coil technology gives you the choice of DD or monoloop...Electronics Pty Ltd PO Box 537, Torrensville Plaza, South Australia 5031 i" I ~ MINELAB Visit our website www...TO THE DESERT The journey of two opal cutter begins 16 WHAT'S NEW How the detector swing-arm came about...Readers please note that the new address of Treasure Enterprises of Australia, agent for Bounty Hunter detectors...OF'. PRODUCTS NOW IN PRODUCTION .... COILS NEW PRODUCTS • New Coi tek Booster • line U it 24" X· 12" Extension |
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| By Tim Miller 34 THE TALE OF A TOURIST MINE A new life for Colorado’s Last Chance. 34 By Steve Voynick...it is that the clear chalcedony is essentially a new canvas for “painting”. —Lou David Allen Abilene,...more information. —Wayne Schrimp Capistrano Mining Co. San Benito Jonesite I enjoyed the benitoite article...from five to 15 hours to complete. I try to add a new element to my work every time, making every piece...of these agates. I scoured the beaches north and south of Flood Bay for agates, no matter how small. Some |
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| committees. In each case, I’ve learned much and had new horizons opened to me. Here in Arizona, I served...support education and docent programs connected to the new state park. Exploring the cavern, taking photographs...University. Thanks to a very generous donation, a new mineral exhibit hall and educational facility has...help publicize the new hall and encourage rockhounds to take advantage of this new and very spectacular... the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Arts, opened a new world to me. The Lizzadro Museum is a wonderful, |
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| and 40 Tables Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo Hong Kong Barcelona Budapest...The University of Newcastle Newcastle, NSW 2308 Australia ISBN-13:978-3-642-75670-2 e-ISBN-13:978-3-642-75668-9...Stuttgart Typesetting: Thomson Press (India) Ltd., New Delhi 32/3145-543210- Printed on acid-free paper...experience which has been mainly in bituminous coal in Australia and Germany with only occasional glimpses of other...significant coal-producing regions, one of which (Australia) has had less exposu.r;e in the world literature |
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| com 3 Vol. 47, No. 8 • August 2017 16 THE NEW CARVER AGATE FIELD Does the material match the hype...By Rick Olmstead 38 50 MANAKARRA GRAPE AGATE New botryoidal material from Indonesia. 38 By Jim Landon...year, we have been able to add about C$20,000 in new displays and specimens, including a velociraptor...completed the Eleanor Krimmel annex to the museum. This new addition triples the space of the museum and adds...us over the top. This is why I chose to name the new annex after her. With the Canada 150 celebrations |
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| seeing them many years ago in Lake Thetis, Western Australia. Some of my specimens are from there, as well...Bleiberg, Austria, where it was recognized as a new species in 1845 and named after noted Jesuit mineralogist...the Glove mine, is located just a few dozen miles south of Tucson. This deposit was made famous for one...California and transshipped around Cape Horn to Swansea, Wales, where the Williams family originated. This first...Copper Queen, was being operated by Bisbee, Williams & Co. It produced until 1884, when the vein pinched out |
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| www.rockngem.com Rock & Gem JUST BACK FROM AUSTRALIA WITH LOTS OF BRIGHT COLORFUL OPALS FROM THE MANY...MY BEST OF MY 13 OPAL BUYING TRIPS IN THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO FIND MANY TOP GEM OPAL PARCELS AND A GREAT...ER-PEDY-LUCKY-TRIP-13/ WE ARE NOW SELLING WELO OPAL CABOCHONS ON OUR WEBSITE! CPSPP&C17-3oz…Colorful...l 3 ounce lots of beginners grade rough opal from Shellpatch opalfield in Coober Pedy. Variety of sizes...$10.00 shipping. CPDG17-2oz…Better grade of rough opal with more color and brightness from Diggers Gully |
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| Michigan Deposit OREGON SUNSTONE: Spotlight on a New Fee Dig ROCK & GEM • Vol 47 No. 10 • U.S. $5.99...October 2017 16 LITTLE EAGLE BUTTE SUNSTONE 10 A new opportunity for fee digging in Oregon. By Jim Landon...requirements. 8 www.rockngem.com Rock & Gem 7 A New Opportunity for Fee Digging in Oregon Story and Photos...area north of the burg of Plush, Oregon, in the south central part of the state, are something quite different...ore, while new mine owner Ales Krivanek conducts business on his cell phone. about a new opportunity |
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| International Mineralogical Association’s Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification. In fact...necessary, and only one parallel surface to fit the new stone handle to. As for the slabs, I selected some...original handles. Once I had the outline of the new handles complete, I scribed a line around their...the cabbing machine, where I ground and sanded the new handles to their final shape. With my Dremel tool...epoxy onto the roughened metal, slid one of the new handles into place, and secured it with clamps. After |
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| University of Arizona collection forms the basis of a new museum. 10 By Bob Jones and Alex Schauss 24 MINERALS...would “lessen” the value of the stone. With the new techniques Bob outlined in his article, is that an...common, acceptable practice. So is the use of the new, modern glues. We use to frown at repaired specimens—...www.rockngem.com Rock & Gem JUST BACK FROM AUSTRALIA WITH LOTS OF BRIGHT COLORFUL OPALS FROM THE MANY...MY BEST OF MY 13 OPAL BUYING TRIPS IN THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO FIND MANY TOP GEM OPAL PARCELS AND A GREAT |
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| miles to Exit 303, where you take state Route 80 south. Route 80 just happens to pass through Tombstone...miles and take Exit 302 for state Route 90. Go south a few miles to the park in the Whetstone Mountains...two fine, crystallized copper specimens from the new Cornelia open pit, in Ajo; a superb bornite (copper...collection, I was escorted by the simply discovered a new element, phosphorous, an integral University Superintendent...video “Russian Gem Treasures”. March 2018 19 OPAL SPECIAL: CPDG6-1OZ & CPDG6-3OZ: DISCOVERED IN 1948 |
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| MINERAL CORNUCOPIA 24 Collectors find variety in New Mexico. By Mark Leatherman 36 ARSENIC FAMILY MINERALS...in the 21st century, so its specimens are pretty new. Seven oxidized carbonate zones were discovered there...vacation to Hot Springs, South Dakota. Somewhere between Hot Springs and the South Dakota Badlands, we stopped...were still partially coated Glendive and headed south on a gravel road that parallels the river, then...low, so there were large areas of exposed rocks south of Glendive. Pat had contacted a local contractor/taxiand |
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| Pendant Setting”, February 2017). I learned some new and helpful ways to silver smith. Your work is very...Dolomieu’s rock to be a Scientists have a name for what’s new mineral. Both the rock and happening: isomorphic...manufacture cement from Anyone who has collected the New York quartz crystals it, cut it into building blocks...Calcite or Dolomite? The minerals calcite and dolomite New York, you know that it is someare chemically similar...and died, specimen with minor colorless fluorite. New York, Ontario, Michigan, Wisleaving openings in the |
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| tramway for the foothills west and hauling ore. south of Pikes Peak. In In San Francisco, a period of...Work? A Story by Marc Davis n old friend with a new twist” might be one way to describe a fluid bed sluice...me a sluice box is definitely an old friend. The new twist is that fluid bed sluices do not use a set...auroraminingproducts.com) and the Bazooka Gold Trap Co. (www.bazookagoldtrap.com). Sluices from both companies...utilizing a fluid bed of sand to capture gold is not new. Jigs that concentrate gold ore in a fluid bed of |
