Weld River, Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia

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The gravels of this small river contain relatively abundant sapphire, zircon, topaz, chrysoberyl, spinel and cassiterite. There is a public fossicking area there.

References:
Bottrill, R.S.,and Mathews, W.L., 2006. Occurrences of gemstone minerals in Tasmania. Mineral Resources Tasmania

Mineral List:

Cassiterite
Chrysoberyl
Corundum
var: Sapphire

Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Topaz

Zircon

7 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.

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