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 mineralsAlso 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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