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New South Wales
Inverell sapphire field
Gem locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Dark blue, green, yellow and parti sapphire, zircon, black spinel in wash.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Cenozoic basalt-derived alluvial
The New England field supplies a large share of the world's commercial blue sapphire.
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