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New South Wales
Elsmore tin and sapphire hill
Gem locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: sapphire, cassiterite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Granite hill east of Inverell mined for tin since 1872 with sapphire in the surrounding wash
Classic Inverell district locality in gem field literature.
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