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| Australian Opal Symposium & Updates Padparadscha Coloration Pantone's Color of the Year Latest Auction...Winter 2019 InColorMagazine.com; Gemstone.org NEW LOCATION LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER WE’LL GET YOU...possibility with The Collective: One Badge. One Hall. Three Shows.Register early and come join us. 800-972-1162...Busy Year for ICA Editor’s Note The Bridge to the New Year ICA Report 26 Activities of ICA Members Around...black opal recently mined at Lightning Ridge. (Photo and stone courtesy of Cody Opal Australia) Industry |
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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...Mode of Occurrence D. Occurrences in New South Wales I. Lightning Ridge (Wallangulla) II. White Cliffs III |
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| ' • t IN COLO~ · AUSTRALIAN OPALS IN COLOUR Opal can be fairly stated to be Australia's national...reader through all the Australian opal fields, describes the types of opal 111ining, the lives of the miners...may see and do at Lightning Ridge, Coober Pedy, Andamooka, and on the Queensland opal fields. It also covers...covers the scientific nature of opal and describes how the gem is cut and worked. In 86 superb colour...colour plates it display Australian opals and opal jewellery in al I their beauty: gives glin1pses of the |
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| FL Estes Park, CO ABOUT THE COVER Pictured on the front cover is a spectacular opal find from Mintabie...Mintabie, Australia, photographed by the author. The back cover pictures an opal mouse which was commissioned...Preface Every trip and every new friend adds to my ever-evolving story of opal. I consider this story as...guess I will just have to keep going back to Australia again and again! The stories contained in this...and I actually went to these places, searched for opal, broke down in our camper, and met many wonderful |
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| Kalokerinos travelled from Collarenebri to lightning Ridge and held a surgery there. It was inevitable...dollar run at Coobcr Pedy and saw his opal. As a result he became an opal miner for a holiday and, in 1965...was the beginning of his love a�air with opal. For the next three years, until his return to medical practice...at Collarcnebri in December 1967, he searched for opal. Dr Kalokerinos became obsessed with the problems...which formerly surrounded precious opal. The author's love for opal is described with a lyricism rare |
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| Contents 4 Map: Notable Opal Localities 50 BY BRUCE PAUL GABER 6 The Opal Enigma: Science, History...and Pins Afire: Play of Color in Opal BY MAX WEIBEL Sparkling Opal in Ancient Bones: Precious Relics... Smith of Lightning Ridge in New South Wales takes stunning photographs vibrant with opal pattern and...close-up of a Lightning Ridge black opal, the field of view is approximately 3 mm wide. Opal courtesy Jenni...RITCHIE 52 An Opal Glossary of Terms BY SI AND ANN FRAZIER BY PETER HUBER 64 Opal from Mexico: Unsurpassed |
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| nature which was later to include our beautiful opal. Though Len never finished his formal education...manuscript of my book on Lightning Ridge, I spent quite a lot of time with Len in his opal research laboratory...amorphous silica science, that scientists from Australia and around the world continue to make contact...the many complex forms of the Queensland Boulder Opal. He has been £nvolved in every aspect of the trade...pictorial. Gan Bruce Beautiful Australian Opals opal possesses a fascination no other gemstone has. Everything |
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| Black Opal. [Frontispiece. Opal: The Gem of the Never Never By T. C. WOLLASTON Author... LONDON THOMAS 1, MURBY FLEET LANE, 1924 & CO. E.C.4 PRINTED IN GREAT BY WOODBRIDGE BRITAIN... II. The Main Types Opal Opal III. Opal, IV. How — — a of Gem Opal Geological Part II. ... — — 16 — ... 33 Journey— the — The ... Opal — — Nature — in Getting Trancelike to 45...the — Home— Country Never Never Leases V. Opal Drought Last 11 ... ... Innamincka Stage |
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| CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia = _ |) VieBAtO TATA JARS LIPOW Si. ao sé ...WORLD Asia and Australia Philip Scalisi David Cook VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY NEW YORK CINCINNATI...Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishing...Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold...Classic mineral localities of the world, Asia and Australia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and |
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| there are ot11ers hke It, just waiting for a dose or new technology BLACK CATS AND GOLD The Golden Triangle...with it WHAT'S ON Some early bird events for the New Year SUBSCRIPTION OFFER Get your favourite magazine...O 'Brien visits the biggest little corner or Australia LYNCH MOBS ON THE GOLDFIELDS The discoverer of...Oueensland's Starcke Goldfield was almost hung by new chums BACK ISSUES This Is the last time many of these...your order in now 1 LIGHTNING RIDGE IN THE 605 - PART 2 The author returned to the ridge but this time with |
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| TV A Worldwide Retail Window Australian Opal Symposium New Purple Garnet From Mozambique Victor Tuzlukov’s...TV A Worldwide Retail Window Australian Opal Symposium New Purple Garnet From Mozambique Victor Tuzlukov’s...Challenges and Perceptions Mining 16 Australian Opal Symposium: A Comprehensive Overview Cover Feature...Technique in Gemology The Bright Purple Garnet: A New Find in Mozambique Jewelry Art and Design 54 60...Mixed Results at the Hong Kong September Shows – The New Normal? FOREWORD ISSN: 1158934X To subscribe |
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| (!) «: "' "' E X • 6 TEACHING AN OLD DOG NEW GOLDEN TRICKS Sany Dunn thought he'd retired to prospect...greatest frauds ever perpetrated on the people o f Australia 44 COOL GEMS FROM COOLAMON Coolamon Mining is...hunter's bazaar 48 LIGHTNING RIDGE IN THE '&OS How the author combined the pursuit of opal with the pursuit...Ltd, S I NGA PORE Distribution Network Distribution Co. 54 Park Street, S Y DNEY 2000 P hone: ( 0 2) 9282...AUSTRALIAN COLO (;EM & THEASURE 4 A WORLDS RRST THE NEW GARRETT ). ' ':1· \ i ~ .....1., I~ ' ,~. ·•''- |
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| John Pickrell The strange new fossils challenging everything we thought we knew weird dinosaurs weird... weird dinosaurs The strange new fossils challenging everything we thought we knew John Pickrell Columbia...Columbia University Press New York Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West...Description: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] | “Originally published in Australia by University...University of New South Wales Press, 2016.” | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN |
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| Faceting Focus.....................26 68 EVOLUTION IN OPAL APPRECIATION Village Smithy Opals By Antoinette...received a shipment of High Grade Welo opal from Ethiopia-posting new opal parcels daily. Please call or order...villagesmithyopals.com 8 ROCKNGEM.COM ! d e v o M e v ’ We NEW LOCATION Y Covington Same Great Product 520 E....000 tons of lead, and 4,000 tons of zinc. The three-mile-long Amethyst Vein has a welldefined, concentric...350, is the seat of Mineral County, an 878-square-mile tract of forests, meadows, and rugged mountains |
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| produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist... The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response to...inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication |
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| GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer,...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin |
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| GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NLW SOUTH WALES. i ii MINERAL RESOURCES \t;\v south walks. » EDWARD Oo\ F...lis ; NEW SOUTH WALES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. BY EDWARD...and Metallurgy ; Government Geologist of New South Wales Lecturer in Mining at the Sydney University...official my notes South Wales. that was possible, within the limits of such a all ; New number of separate...GEOLOGICAL SURVEYOR IN CHARGE. INTRODUCTORY. When Australia was being colonised the pastoral industry "was |
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| O’Donoghue AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO •...22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Spodumene Quartz Opal Turquoise Lapis Lazuli Jade – Geology and Mineralogy...updated regularly in The Mineralogical Record and new issues seem to come out every four to five years...International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN). Figures for dispersion...revisers of the text for the 1994 edition. In this new edition, the gem testing section has been omitted; |
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| F.G.A. North-West Branch: M. P. Gayton, F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Branch: M. W. Eldridge, M.B...cleanliness, clarity and certification (now termed the three Cs by A. E. Farn) is an increasing symptom of modern...Laboratory to say again Thank you for your work'. As the new technique of neutron bombardment in an atomic pile...heat of the irradiated stones produced exciting new colours, so the demands grew for such stones. Where...tested and certified—this time the emphasis of the three Cs is on cleanliness, and colour certification—and |
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