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Sapphire from
Inverell, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia


Classification
Species:Corundum var: Sapphire
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Zirconā“˜2 photos of Sapphire associated with Zircon at this locality.
Pleonaste2 photos of Sapphire associated with Pleonaste at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphire data
Locality Data:Click here to view Inverell, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:69502
Long-form Identifier:1:3:69502:0
GUID (UUID V4):53c356bf-f5c4-40b2-9e07-318b75e644c6
Nearest other occurrences of Sapphire
7.0km (4.4 miles) ā“˜Swan Brook alluvials, Swan Brook, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
14.9km (9.3 miles) ā“˜Sheep Station Gully and tributaries, Stannifer, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.5km (9.7 miles) ā“˜Braemar sapphire deposit, Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
20.8km (12.9 miles) ā“˜Frazers Creek alluvials, Frazers Creek, Arrawatta Co., New South Wales, Australia
21.0km (13.0 miles) ā“˜Apple Tree Gully alluvials, Apple Tree Gully, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
21.6km (13.4 miles) ā“˜Copes Creek and tributaries, Tingha, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
23.2km (14.4 miles) ā“˜Horse Gully alluvials, Sapphire, Arrawatta Co., New South Wales, Australia
23.2km (14.4 miles) ā“˜Darbys Creek and tributaries, Tingha, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
25.3km (15.7 miles) ā“˜Weean Creek alluvials, Nullamanna, Arrawatta Co., New South Wales, Australia
31.3km (19.4 miles) ā“˜Paradise Creek alluvials, Paradise Creek, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
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 ā€œ Mount Lyndhurst
Book
THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF. NEW SOUTH Ā·WALES * .--- -. No. 18 GEMSTO-NES COMPILED BY G. ROSE AUGUST...AUGUST, 1960 Ā·Ā·- * 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
& Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...volcaniclastic rocks as a source of sapphire in eastern Australia a a G. M. Oakes , L. M. Barron & S...a Geological Survey of New South Wales , St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia Published online: 09 May...volcaniclastic rocks as a source of sapphire in eastern Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SapphireExploration in the New England Gem Fields, New SouthWales, Australia ROBERT R. COENRAADS Schoolof...2109, Australia Abstract Key areasfor diamondand sapphireexplorationmaybe definedwithin the New England...and the other at 19 to 23 Ma--were controlledby south-southeast-north-northwest-trending fracturesetsrevealed...rea(the EastCentralprovince)to the areawestof Inverell andArmidale (the West Central province).Drainageand...Centralprovincedefinesbroadregionssuitablefor sapphire and diamondexploration. Highlyprospective diamond-bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sapphires" U-Pb dating of zircon inclusions sheds new light ROBERT R. COENRAADS School of Earth Sciences...Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia F. LIN SUTHERLAND Division of Earth Sciences, The Australian...Museum, 6-8 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia AND PETER D. KiNtqv Research School of Earth...National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Abstract Uranium-lead isotope dating of two zircon...worked into economic concentrations of sapphire. KEYWORDS: sapphire, uranium-lead dating, inclusions, zircon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
& Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...of gem zircon from the New England sapphire fields, New South Wales, Australia A. Abduriyim a b , F...2751, Australia d Geoscience, Australian Museum , 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia e Australian...Systems/GEMOC, Macquarie University , NSW 2109, Australia Published online: 12 Oct 2012. To cite this article:
Book
published in 2002 by The Mineralogical Society of Nev,' South \/\Ta les lnc. C / - Sch o l of Science, Food and...Locked Bag 1797 Penrith South DC New South \!\Tales 1797 National Library of Australia Card umber an d ISB...Copyright 2002 The 1ineral gica.l Societ) of New Sou th Wales Inc. The Authors Gayle \ ebb (Gemmologist)...(Gemmologist) Mineralogy, Australian Museun1, Sydney, New South Wales & Lin Sutherland (Research Scientist) Mineralogy...Mineralogy, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales Editors Peter \Villiams (University of Western Sydney)
Book
IN NEW SOUTH WALES ~MINERAL ~RESOURCES SAPPHIRES A CLASSIC GEMSTONE A sapphire is one of the most...marketed. Many of the sapphires mined come from New South Wales, where the blue sapphires have a deeper colour...stones (see photos below) . In 1993/1994, New South Wales' production was valued at $16.9 million (about...million carats orlltonnesofcorundum) ā€¢ What is a sapphire? Sapphires are a gemstone variety of the mineral...is derived from the Latin word rubeus, 'red'. Sapphire is from the Latin word sapphiris, 'blue', in turn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. Color range of sapphires, from the Inverell area. Each cut stone is 5 mm across. R. G. Weber...Weber (Gem Studies) photo. Figure 2. The Kingsley Sapphire, green and gold 162 carat crystal, from the Rubyvale...Sydney Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC New South Wales 1797, Australia l.sutherland@uws.edu.au GAYLE...Australian Museum 6 College Street, Sydney New South Wales 2010, Australia gayle.webb@austmus.gov.au Downloaded...22 August 2013 Figure 3. Locality map showing sapphire and ruby distribution, by William Besse. D eep
Journal (issue)
F.G.A. North-West Branch: M. P. Gayton, F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Branch: M. W. Eldridge, M.B...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...(quoted out of context) by scientists publishing their new findings, and undoubtedly there will be an occasional...was shown some small green crystals said to be a new synthetic emerald currently manufactured by a friend
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ruby-sapphire transition in alluvial megacrysts, Cenozoic basaltic gem field, New England, New South...South Wales, Australia Frederick L. Sutherland, Ian T. Graham, Stephen J. Harris, Terry Coldham, William Powell...megacrysts, Cenozoic basaltic gem ļ¬eld, New England, New South Wales, Australia, LITHOS (2017), doi:10.1016/j.lithos...ruby-sapphire transition in alluvial megacrysts, Cenozoic basaltic gem field, New England, New South...South Wales, Australia a SC R Frederick L. Sutherland a, Ian T. Graham b,a*, Stephen J. Harrisb, Terry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
& Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW, 1797, Australia b Geoscience , Australian Museum,... 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia c CODES ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits, University...Tasmania , Private Bag 126, Hobart, Tas., 7001, Australia d IRD U154 LMTG and CRPG, Nancy UniversitƩ, Centre
Book
^^4tt/vzhoisyS.. , Kb s itn MINERALS NEW SOUTH WALES. ARCHIBALD LIVERSIDGE, PROFESSOR OF MINERALOGY... Staurolite &v Gothite THE MINERALS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. By Archibald Liversidge, late Scholar of Christ's...systematic examination of the minerals and rocks of New South Wales has been undertaken similar to that performed...as few as possible. A 2 THE MINERALS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. PART I. METALLIC MINERALS. Gold. Only one...of gold has up to the present been found in New South Wales, and that is :ā€” Native Gold. Cubical system
Journal (issue)
129 The New Australia Richard T. Liddicoat, jr. FEATURE ARTICLES Sapphires from Australia Terrence...Terrence Coldham Pink Diamonds from Australia Stephen C . Hofer The Biron Hydrothermal Synthetic Emerald Robert...COVER: Of thegemstones currently coming from Australia, one of the newest and most exciting is the pink...weresubmitted t o the GIA Gem Trade Laboratoryin New York earlier this year. He reports on their distinctive...gemological characteristics in this special "Australia" issue. The 3.53-ct (VS1)blue diamond on the cover
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions within corundum megacrysts are used to gain a new insight into the petrogenetic history of the corundum...Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia W.L. Griffin CSIRO Division of Exploration and...and Mining, PO Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia Editorial responsibility: J. Touret ic model for...testable. Introduction Most of the worldā€™s current sapphire production is taken from recent or palaeo-alluvial...basaltic terrains sparsely distributed in eastern Australia, Thailand and eastern China. The lack of understanding
Journal (issue)
ā€“ J. Riley, Scottish ā€“ B. Jackson, South East ā€“ V. Wetten, South West ā€“ R.M. Slater The Journal of Gemmology...Editor is glad to consider original articles shedding new light on subjects of gemmological interest for publication...studies of nephrites within several ā€˜fieldsā€™ in New Zealand, which fall within distinct geological terranes...localities around the Pacific Rim, in New Caledonia, Australia, Taiwan, Russia and Canada. Keywords:...especially in countries of the Pacific Rim (New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, China, Korea, Japan, Russia
Book
1985, 1992 Readerā€™s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited Ā© 1992 Readerā€™s Digest (New Zealand) Limited Ā© 1976,...& Geophysics. Published by Readerā€™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
Book
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NLW SOUTH WALES. i ii MINERAL RESOURCES \t;\v south walks. Ā» 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
Journal (issue)
Diamonds and Making Memories 38 GLEN INNES AND INVERELL BLUE By Antoinette Rahn REGULAR COLUMNS Field...Bench Tips ..........................18 New Sites of Sapphire Appreciation ā€œDown Underā€ Club Corner ...Community Outlook ............74 A Sneak Peek at A New Column and Series SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS? Rock &...visiting a public dig site? ā€¢ Have you discovered new materials, techniques, or equipment youā€™ve used in...the July edition of Rock & Gem, weā€™re unveiling a new limited-edition column in this issue, Sneak Peek
Journal (issue)
of Eastern Australia Conservation gemstones: Beyond fair trade? Dior unveils sparkling new jewelry collection...Mining A trip around the gem fields of Eastern Australia Ethical Mining and Fair Trade Conservation gemstones:...update Art and Jewelry Dior unveils sparkling new jewelry collection at Biennale des Antiquaires exhibition...unique high-end jewelry pieces set with stones with new distinct tones of blue, yellow, green, pink, purple...unusual precious stones and colors in jewelry opens new avenues for the gems and jewelry industry. Sourcing
Journal (issue)
OPAL - Stone of forlw1c or misfortune AUSTRALIA'S SAPPHIRE CITY PLASTIC E!VlllEDDING FOSSILS SILVERCRAFT...THECOVER Fossicker looking for sapphires, Inverell, Australia (Photograph: Australian Department of Overseas... On sale October 11th. machinery. Opals in Australia, Fossils Part II, This periodical Is_ solo...to mail at socondā€¢class postage rates applied for New York, U.S.A. Registered et the G.P.O. for transmission...9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday LTD. 70- 71 New Bond Street, London WIY 9DE SHOWROOMS for CAlLERS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington NSW 2052, Australia Geoscience, Australian Museum...Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney NSW 2010 Australia School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Sydney...BCRI Campus, North Parramatta, Sydney, NSW 1797, Australia d CODES ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits...Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia e Far East Geological Institute, Russian Academy...Available online 3 June 2008 Keywords: Basalt Sapphire Ruby Zircon Continental margins West Paciļ¬c A
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
& Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...com/loi/taje20 A stratigraphic evaluation of Ettingshausen's New England Tertiary plant localities a J. W. Pickett...Section, Geological Survey of New South Wales , University of New South Wales , Building B11a, Kensington...NSW, 2033, Australia b Department of Geography , University of Sydney , NSW, 2006, Australia c Department
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 1551ā€“1576 Trace-element compositions of sapphire and ruby from the eastern Australian gemstone...University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia Institute for Future Environments, Queensland...University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia School of Earth, Environmental and Biological...University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia [Received 12 October 2016; Accepted 14 February...(LAā€“ICPā€“MS) to measure trace-element concentrations in sapphire and ruby crystals from eight alluvial deposits
Report (issue)
N. CRAMSIE, DIRECTOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES i Original typing: Review: Cartography: Cover...from the coast south of Evans Head (see Photograph 12). Insets are: cut blue and gold New England sapphires...Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, xii + 292 pp, with CD-ROM. Edited by: R.A. Facer Ā© New South Wales Department...northeastern New South Wales and extends over a significantly mineralised portion of the southern New England...large part of the Clarence-Moreton Basin in New South Wales, and includes parts of large Tertiary volcanic
 
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