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Sapphire from
Weld River, Moorina, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Sapphire
Formula:Al2O3
Comments:Some high quaity gems and good crystals, but usually somewhat broken and rounded; some "Ceylon" blue, also green, grey and yellow.
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphire data
Locality Data:Click here to view Weld River, Moorina, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:428087
Long-form Identifier:1:3:428087:3
GUID (UUID V4):45599724-52bd-4c56-9df3-decfabf6053e
Nearest other occurrences of Sapphire
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘFrome River, Moorina, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘDerby, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘPioneer tin field, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘBranxholm, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘBlue Tier tinfield, Blue Tier district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania Department of State Growth Mineral Resources Tasmania Occurrences of Gemstone...Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania (8th edition 2nd printing) Compiled by R. S. Bottrill and W. L. Matthews...November 2019 Mineral Resources Tasmania PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 www.mrt.tas.gov.au ISBN 0...As a result the Crown in Right of the State of Tasmania and its employees, contractors and agents expressly...sources. These include: Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania by W. F. Petterd, 1910 (a revised edition was
Corporate Document (Series)
A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill and W. E. Baker...Baker Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources E>...rossi'oilittes PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone (03) 6233 8377 Fax (03) 6233 8338 Email info@mrt...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrttas.gov.au ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved
Report (issue)
Introduction, p. 5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...occurrences. A case in point may be cited from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst
Book
# ' 'M & va ;>1 MINERALS All GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA v. AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER...LANCASTER Si "s MINERALS All :' GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER The author...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries...FIELDS — 15 15 Central Highlands; East Coast; Lune River; Carrick area; North coastal areas; Northern inland...CONCLUSION — 47 CLUBS 47 AREA MAPS 49 I 5 Que River shaft. IntfPoductjian The main purpose of this
Book
Printing Co Ltd, Tokyo. National Library of Australia Cataloguing in Publication data Perry, Nance Australian...colourbook series). ISBN 0 589 07012 6. I. Gems - Australia - Identification. I. Perry, Ron.joint author....wish to learn about the minerals and gems of Australia. PREFACE gemmologists, mineralogists in a specialised... It will travel throughout the backblocks of Australia and through the museums of our capital cities...Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia. The study of gemstones has gained many adherents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...1797, Australia b Geoscience , Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia c CODES...Deposits, University of Tasmania , Private Bag 126, Hobart, Tas., 7001, Australia d IRD U154 LMTG and CRPG...Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW, 2052, Australia Published online: 28 Sep 2009. To cite this article:...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 56:7, 1003-1022, DOI: 10.1080/08120090903112109
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia 2 Mineralogy, Australian...Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia 3 CSIRO Exploration and Mining, School of Physics...Physics, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia 4 Institute of Earth Science, Academica Sinica, Taipei...ACT 2601, Australia 6 McPherson Duncan & Associates, 18 Old Summerleas Road, Kinston, Tasmania 7050, Australia...their origins. Sapphires from Weldborough, NE Tasmania, are magmatic (high-Ga, av. 200 ppm) and dominated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Continental Comparisons from Myanmar and Eastern Australia Frederick L. Sutherland 1, * , Khin Zaw 2 , Sebastien...NSW 2010, Australia CODES Centre of Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas...Tas 7001, Australia; khin.zaw@utas.edu.au (K.Z.); sebastien.meffre@utas.edu.au (S.M.); jay.thompson@utas...Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia; karsten.goemann@utas.edu.au Geology...University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; s.j.harris@student.unsw.edu.au Correspondence:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
An unusual ruby-sapphire-sapphirine-spinel assemblage from the Tertiary Barrington volcanic province...province, New South Wales, Australia F. LIN SUTHERLAND Mineralogy and Petrology Section, Australian Museum, 6... N.S.W. 2000, Australia AND ROBERT R. COENRAADS Gemmologicat Association of Australia (N.S.W. Division)...Wentworth Avenue, Sydney, N.S.W. 2000, Australia Abstract Ruby-sapphire-sapphirine-spinel forms small, corroded...The aggregates give new insights into the ruby-sapphire source rocks. Potential origins include metamorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotope studies on representative zircons (East Australia–Asia) indicate diverse magmatic sources. The U–Pb...Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia 2 School of Science and Health, Western Sydney...Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia 3 School of Biological, Earth and Environmental...University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia 4 Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian...Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia 5 UniversitĂ© de Lorraine, CRPG UMR 7358 CNRS-UL
Book
revise) © 1976, 1985, 1992 Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited © 1992 Reader’s Digest (New Zealand)...& 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...minerals are widely distributed over the surface of Australia, but some areas, because of different geological...water-soluble chlorides, nitrates or phosphates. In Australia sedimentary sandstones, in certain areas and under
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    Unusual ruby-sapphire transition in alluvial megacrysts, Cenozoic basaltic gem field...field, New England, New South Wales, Australia Frederick L. Sutherland, Ian T. Graham, Stephen J. Harris,...basaltic gem ïŹeld, New England, New South Wales, Australia, LITHOS (2017), doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.02.004...pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT IP T Unusual ruby-sapphire transition in alluvial megacrysts, Cenozoic basaltic...basaltic gem field, New England, New South Wales, Australia a SC R Frederick L. Sutherland a, Ian T. Graham
Report (issue)
Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY...ENERGY and RESOURCES Mineral Resources Tasmania Tasmania TASMANIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY LAUNCESTON Sm ...orogeny (cf. Tabberabberan Orogeny of mainland Australia). MIDDLE DEVONIAN LATE CAMBRIAN– EARLY DEVONIAN...with basement indicated. MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA Tasmania DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY and...Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary by D. B. Seymour, G. R. Green and C
Report (issue)
Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY...ENERGY and RESOURCES Mineral Resources Tasmania Tasmania TASMANIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY LAUNCESTON Sm ...orogeny (cf. Tabberabberan Orogeny of mainland Australia). MIDDLE DEVONIAN LATE CAMBRIAN– EARLY DEVONIAN...with basement indicated. MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA Tasmania DEPARTMENT of INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY and...Bulletin 72 The Geology and Mineral Deposits of Tasmania: a summary by D. B. Seymour, G. R. Green and C
Journal (issue)
magnesium-bearing calcite and dolomite. A trapiche-type sapphire is also described. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Dr. Schrnetzeris...research, we also encountered one gray trapiche-type sapphire (BoxA). MATERIALS AND METHODS All samples were...purchased several cabochons and one faceted trapiche sapphire in Myanmar in early 1996; at that time, he was...Engelbrecht, pers. comm., 1996). A 6.59 ct trapiche sapphire was purchased by one of the authors (HAH).It is...After carefully r e p o l i s h the back of the sapphire cabochon, we were able to Identify t h e inclusions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uncommon on Earth but the gem varieties of ruby and sapphire are relatively rare. Gem corundum deposits are...South Wales, Australia. concentrate, crystals up to 9 mm in size, New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Australian...Luis-Juina River. Colombia: (22) Mercaderes-Rio (20) Mbuji-Mayi. Brazil: (21) SĂŁo Luis-Juina River. Colombia:...BoChanthaburi-Trat Rai, Nong Bon). (Bo Cambodia: (57) Australia: Lava Plains; (56) Waen, Bo NaPailin, Wong,Samlaut...Macquarie-Cudgegong, Barrington Samlaut. Japan: (58) Ida. Australia: (59) Lava Plains; (60) Anakie fields-Rubyvale;
Book
The Australian Museum University of Tasmania Australia Australia Editorial OfïŹce MDPI St. Alban-Anlage...Determination of the Geographic Origin of Ruby and Sapphire Using an Expanded Trace Element Suite Plus Sr–Pb...Wales. He graduated in geology at University of Tasmania and gained a MSc in Petrology in 1969. He was...and Volcanoes, and Gemstones and Minerals of Australia. Some 30 papers and book chapters have dealt with...Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences), University of Tasmania, Hobart. He has a BSc from Yangon University,
Journal (issue)
Mexico, and Uruguay, with lesser deposits in Australia, Sri Lanlza, India, Madagascar, Southwest Africa...capital of the northern state of Para, lies the municipality Amethyst from Brazil and town of Maraba (figure...of Maraba, on the western bank of the Araguaia River (again, see figure 2). The approximate coordinates...southeast and then a barge across the Araguaia River to the town of Xambioh. From here, one continues...side of the river. This final leg of the journey requires recrossing the Araguaia River by a 7-9 passenger
Journal (issue)
spectrum with a strong ruby component and a weak blue sapphire absorption superimposed Colour zoning in Lechleitner...synthetic blueblue sapphire. GemsGems & Gemology, rubyand and synthetic sapphire. & Gemolsyntheticruby...be secondary, the specimens being recovered from river gravel. M. O'D BERNER, R.A., LANDIS, G.R, 1987...BROWN, G., 1987. Jade and opal news from South Australia. Wahroongai News, 21, 4,28,1 map. Estimated 60...glass tektites found in southern and western Australia, and makes a case for their origin having been
Book
Ian Graham The University of New South Wales Australia Editorial OfïŹce MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052...Continental Comparisons from Myanmar and Eastern Australia Reprinted from: Minerals 2019, 9, 28, doi:10.3390/min9010028...Kostitsyn and Vasiliy A. Kotlyarov Origin of Blue Sapphire in Newly Discovered Spinel–Chlorite–Muscovite...University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the...University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; i.graham@unsw.edu.au Correspondence: voudouris@geol
Book
lange her, daß andere Mal farbige Steine. Rubine, Sapphire, Smaragde, Edelsteine als Diamanten, anderen keine...einigen Stunden Auch andere hellblaue und farblose Sapphire von dort nehmen eine gleichmĂ€ĂŸige schöne gelbe... Im Gegensatz zu denen von Ceylon bleiben die Sapphire von Siam, Kaschmir und der Iserwiese ganz unverĂ€ndert...kostbarsten aller Edelsteine, Diamanten, Rubine, Sapphire und andere. Diese werden aus der Schuttmasse meist...es bei der Betrachtung der halbechten reinsten Sapphire, = Dubletten gesehen haben. Die Steine geringe
Book
75H20, as compact turquoise-blue masses, from the river Aidyrly (p. AnabipjiMbi), Urals. Named from locality...very near that of marcasite. Named for the Alazani river, Georgia. [The name should not have been given.—M...841. Tradename for a bentonite clay from Amargosa river, Inyo Co., California. See Otaylite. [M.A., 3, 143...hexagonal) in metamorphosed limestone near the Angara river, Siberia. (See Tatarkaite.) 7th List [A chlorite...near Madura Motel (31°54'S, 127°0'E), Western Australia. Formed from bat guano. Sp. gr. 2-23, co 1-513
 
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