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LIMITED 118 Hayward Avenue, Torrensville South Australia 5031 Telephone: (08) 8238 0888 Facsimile: (08)...BOULDER OPAL Welcome to Quilpie in south-west Queensland 26 THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE Sometimes the gold...gold bug bites in mysterious ways 31 SAPPHIRE GOES HOLLYWOOD When lights, cameras and action came to the...to Mt. Surprise and dug around the O'Briens Creek area a few times but of all the gemstones I've found...Collins, a fossicker well known in the Coff's Harbour area, and a man worth listening to if you can appreciate |
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13, 'Optical properties of diamond'). Most of us know that, whilst diamond is a singularly pure substance...indeed, that impurity when present is nitrogen. Diamond is unique in its simplicity of chemical composition...great expenditure goes to produce 1 carat of gem diamond—probably paralleled only by the enormous output...indeed an aspect of a gemstone, be it pearl or even diamond. Diamonds to the lay public mean wealth, glamour...purity and colour. This sort of certification of diamond, however, is not gemmology; it is rather a skill |
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how valuable it was 8 A KIWI PROSPECTOR IN AUSTRALIA Every year he makes the pilgrimage and every year...and sampling 52 WHERE TO FIND TURQUOISE IN AUSTRALIA Ivan Mumme explains 54 GULGONG GOLDFIELD 1870...GEM & TI\EASUI\E 4 T REASURE ENTERPRISES OF AUSTRALIA Leading Specialists in Prospecting & Treasure...reports and maps. Books Search Service. Q'ld. Fossicking Licences issued. Immediate delivery! Mail Order...Credit Cards accepted. TREASURE ENTERPRISES OF AUSTRALIA Australian Distributors for: Unit 6 30 Lensworth |
Sapphire Fossicking area, Anakie, Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia