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Sapphire from
Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Parish
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Sapphire
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphire data
Locality Data:Click here to view Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:696420
Long-form Identifier:1:3:696420:7
GUID (UUID V4):3447d5c3-46c1-42cb-95ce-4a5ddc396f96
Localities for Sapphire in this Region
Back Plain Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Beardy Waters, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Chandlers Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Clairvaulx Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Furracabad Creek 1, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Furracabad Creek 2, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Hamels Gully, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Maids Valley Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Pablos Sapphire Mine, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Reddestone Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Rocky Ponds Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Skeleton Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Sapphire
3.2km (2.0 miles) Rocky Ponds Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
7.3km (4.6 miles) Furracabad Creek 2, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
8.9km (5.5 miles) Mann River, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
9.8km (6.1 miles) Clairvaulx Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
10.8km (6.7 miles) Furracabad Creek 1, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
11.6km (7.2 miles) Reddestone Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
12.9km (8.0 miles) Hamels Gully, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
13.1km (8.1 miles) Back Plain Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
14.2km (8.8 miles) Skeleton Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
16.1km (10.0 miles) Chandlers Creek, Glen Innes, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
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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 © 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
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:
Book
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...History and Mode of Occurrence D. Occurrences in New South Wales I. Lightning Ridge (Wallangulla) II. White
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 (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
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 “ Mount Lyndhurst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...eep under the eastern highlands of Australia, along a 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) corridor, myriads
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 1551–1576 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...(LA–ICP–MS) to measure trace-element concentrations in sapphire and ruby crystals from eight alluvial deposits
Journal (issue)
141 via WODEN 2611 NEW SOUTH WALES: Mr. G. Dale, 50 Cuzco Street, Coogee, 2034* NEW ZEALAND: Mrs. N. Giles...QUEENSLAND: I. Sobbe, M/S 422, Clifton, 436I SOUTH AUSTRALIA: D. Aslin, 80 Haines Park Rd., Banksia Park...Holmes, 15 Kenbry Rd., Heathmont, 3135 WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Mrs. L. Scbekkerman, 3 Pascoe St., Karrinyup...Finally three things 1. We need a new representative for South Australia (David Aslin having moved to Alice...currency. Subscription received to 50th April, 17 are new members. 1981 total 82 of which THE FOSSIL COLLECTOR
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...locusof volcanismsteppedwestwardwith time from the Glen InnesBenLomond-Guyraarea(the EastCentralprovince)to...Centralprovincedefinesbroadregionssuitablefor sapphire and diamondexploration. Highlyprospective diamond-bearing
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 field, 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
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) • 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)
& 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
Geology The sapphire-bearing regionof the NewEnglanddistrict comprises Permiangranites,porphyries,and...east of Wellingrove,PheasantCreek(16 km northwestof Glen Elgin),RoseValleynearEmmaville,RedRange,and in the...northwestof Emmaville). Nature of the Deposits The sapphire-bearing wash has an averagethicknessof between...narrowlenticularbodiesin the presentstreamand Sapphire 'wash' before being put through the treatment...streambeds(someriver flats up to 8 ha in area are sapphire bearing.) The sapphireis concentratedin irregular
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 world’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
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life-long pursuit 9 JUST WHAT'S GOING ON AT GLEN INNES? Fossickers are being duped by the State Government...Gem & Treasure and save money too! 34 GARRETT'S NEW GTI 2500 DETECTOR Here's a machine right at the cutting...ambitious men who tamed an unforgiving land 54 WHAT'S NEW A whiz-bang torch from Dick Smith Managing Editor...Ltd, SINGAPORE Dl ■trlbution Network Distribution Co. !54 Park Street, SYDNEY 2000 Phone: (02) 9282 8777...magazine. In the next five minutes I had a totally new world opened up for me. I was the one on the beach
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1985, 1992 Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Limited © 1992 Reader’s Digest (New Zealand) Limited © 1976,...& 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
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and bound by Kyodo Printing Co Ltd, Tokyo. National Library of Australia Cataloguing in Publication data...colourbook series). ISBN 0 589 07012 6. I. Gems - Australia - Identification. I. Perry, Ron.joint author....excellent geological displays, and thrir courtesy and co-operation are truly appreciated by all who wish to...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
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enables you to maintain optimum ground balance • New Automatic Tuning Control - simply push a button...LIMITED 11 8 Hayward Avenue, Torrensville South Australia 5031 Telephone: (08) 8238 0888 Facsimile: (08}...three books are definitely worth your attention GLEN INNES - STILL A SLICE OF ROCKHOUND HEAVEN The rewards...be found but forget about "big " nuggets WHAT'S NEW Some items of interest Vol. 15 No. 10 WHAT'S ON...TAILINGS Amazing zircon discovery at Temora opens up new carbon dating possibilities /'. . • I' ,.-o /,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, Kent. St., Bentley, 6102, Western Australia Jörn-Frederik WOTZLAW and Urs SCHALTEGGER Earth...Eocene gem zircons from Reddistone Creek, Glen Innes, Australia, have been assessed for isotopic and chemical...found in the Tertiary gem gravels of eastern Australia. These zircons are derived from Mesozoic and Cainozoic...by-products of sapphire mining. In our hunt for a young zircon RM, we focused on the Glen Innes sapphire fields...fields of New South Wales, as gem-quality faceted zircons are available from this region at reasonable cost
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