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Alaskan

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New Find in Australia?
« on: October 09, 2024, 09:16:40 PM »
News in the USA of a spectacular gem material found in Northern Australia - Any here hear of it?
Patrick Gunderson and a chunk of unusual Australian quartz.

I remember when Painite from the alluvial deposits of Northern Burma  was the rarest gem - now it's being sold for peanuts from Mogok mines - what to believe?
« Last Edit: October 09, 2024, 09:31:09 PM by Alaskan »

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Re: New Find in Australia?
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2024, 07:32:46 AM »
Someone at my gem club was showing everyone this piece of mauve or lilac coloured quartz. He said it was being photographed for some magazines because it was the first of its kind found in Australia. Don't know how true it is. It was a needle brilliant cut

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Re: New Find in Australia?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2024, 05:19:29 PM »
the find was a very large geode of amethyst on his claim https://www.instagram.com/crystals_of_australia/p/CunSAj8SCnd/?hl=en

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Re: New Find in Australia?
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2024, 07:32:57 PM »
They had it on Outback Crystal Hunters trying to sell it. Weighed about 20t

Free to watch.
https://7plus.com.au/link/Episode/OUCH01-001

Manficat

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Re: New Find in Australia?
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2024, 07:35:30 AM »
Ah silly me, thats probably a bit more noteworthy

 

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