Gemstone Locations In New South Wales

NEW SOUTH WALES
GEMSTONE LOCATIONS

Malachite

Polished and set into a hand
made silver setting.

Free Form Silver

There are no limits when
designing jewelry.

Opals

Cut and cleaned ready for
shaping into designs.

Ameythst

A piece of rough geode set in
silver.

Amber

This fossilized tree resin is
millions of years old.

Soldering Silver

Making a ring from sterling
silver.

Cabachons

The cabachon design is the
most widely used in jewelry.

Making Jewelry

Combining jewelry and gems
is an age old art.

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Gemstones

Once polished they can be
set into jewelry.

Location To Find - Malachite, Azurite & Quartz Crystals.

Directions: Go to Mount Hope in NSW. I first went to Mount Hope in about 1968
and there was a working copper mine in the center of town. They used to collect
the copper by leaching water through the mine and it attached itself as copper
oxide to sheet metal scraps in large tanks above the mine.
Its been filled in now. You can still find some Malachite, Azurite and some quartz
crystals with inclusions in them if you're lucky. I think there may be a gold mine
nearby but no access was allowed when I was there last.

You'll see remnants of the old mine and all you can do is search around that
area for specimens and perhaps a little cutting material.
My last trip through there was in 2006 and I still found some good stuff.
You wont miss the area as it's a town the size of a few car lengths if you know
what I mean. Its a beautiful area though and it's worth a stop, some lunch and a
bit of a fossick. A hand pick should be all you need for this spot.

I didn't find any crystals on this last trip there but in the past I had found Quartz
Crystals with Copper inclusions in them.

LOCATIONS TO FIND GEMSTONES AND MINERALS
IN NEW SOUTH WALES

When submitting info on locations try and be specific where you can like:

Distance in kilometres from nearest town.
List and name the turn offs.
Distance betweens actual turn offs.
On the road to and from.
Supply some photos of what you've found and the area itself.
A description of any familiar landmarks.
Tools required to suit the area.
Supply a mud map if you can.

Disclaimer: It is your responsibility to ask permission from any private property
owner at any location when searching for gemstones before you enter any such
property. You may also be required to possess a fossicking license as per state
laws.

Coober Pedy Opal Fields
South Australia.

MUD MAPS - The following maps are extremely old and many of these areas
may no longer be available to search on or they may no longer yield any finds. I
suppose if you're in these areas it may be worth a search around anyway. Most of
these maps will have two locations on each. Click on them to enlarge and print out
if you want.