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Australia, New South Wales

Glen Innes, New South Wales

Gem locality Inferred from historyLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Blue/green/yellow sapphire, zircon.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: basaltic alluvial sapphire

Key New England sapphire town with productive creeks (Reddestone, Kings Plains), documented in NSW fossicking guides.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Creek work

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