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| VICTORIA GEMSTONE LOCATIONS |
Malachite
Polished and set into a hand
made silver setting.
Polished and set into a hand
made silver setting.
Free Form Silver
There are no limits when
designing jewelry.
There are no limits when
designing jewelry.
Opals
Cut and cleaned ready for
shaping into designs.
Cut and cleaned ready for
shaping into designs.
Ameythst
A piece of rough geode set in
silver.
A piece of rough geode set in
silver.
Amber
This fossilized tree resin is
millions of years old.
This fossilized tree resin is
millions of years old.
Soldering Silver
Making a ring from sterling
silver.
Making a ring from sterling
silver.
Cabachons
The cabachon design is the
most widely used in jewelry.
The cabachon design is the
most widely used in jewelry.
Making Jewelry
Combining jewelry and gems
is an age old art.
Combining jewelry and gems
is an age old art.
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Gemstones
Once polished they can be
set into jewelry.
Once polished they can be
set into jewelry.
| Location To Find - Aragonite Directions: Go to Geelong in Victoria and go to Eastern Beach. You need to be there at low tide only or you wont find anything. Along the beach foreshore you'll see a large swimming pool. You need to continue walking toward Limeburners Point about a half a kilometre. On this spot there used to be an old swimming pool but its all gone now. At low tide you need to walk into the water area and you'll find an Aragonite deposit there. You will need a chisel and hammer to break pieces off as its part of a large seam in the sea bed. The pieces you'll find are mostly pure white and some with black seams through it. It's only good for specimens and too soft for polishing. You may find some colored pieces there as well as loose surface rocks. |
| LOCATIONS TO FIND GEMSTONES AND MINERALS IN VICTORIA When submitting info on locations try and be specific where you can like:
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. |
| Location To Find - Fossil Shells and Sharks Teeth Directions: Go to Fyansford Limestone Quarry near Geelong. Permission is required in advance. If the area is still available as it may now be closed. It used to produce good specimens of shells and in particular colored sharks teeth. |
Coober Pedy Opal Fields
South Australia.
South Australia.
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| Location To Find Gold - Smythesdale in Victoria Directions: Go to Smythesdale in Victoria for metal detecting. Its about 20 minutes out of Ballarat. A good area to spend some time would be in the Watsons Hill area. There's a sign to Watson Hill and you just follow it till it ends in a quarry area. The final part of the track can get pretty rough but you can park near a Telecom tower on the right hand side and just walk the rest of the way. You'll see old mine tailings and shafts everywhere. Most have been filled in and it's around these areas you'll have the best chance. I found some good sized nuggets there in this area. You need a minimum top range sensitive metal detector like the Minelab GP 3000 with say a 350mm coil for best results. I found pieces over 12 inches deep. Like all the gold fields there's more false digs but law of averages say you'll get something if you stick at it. When you get to the quarry opening start looking on the left side of that as I found this area to be the most productive. Tip: You can save a lot of time sorting through each hot target dig if you have a small hand held pin point detector as well. And also if you have a powerful magnet as well to sort out some of the metal scraps. It just saves trying to find the small targets between the dirt. I use a small plastic sieve and then I run the pin point detector and magnet over the sieved dirt. Gold can be very hard to see even after sieving the last bit of the target. Its rarely gold and shiny. Dry weather is the best time to look. |
| Mooralla Smoky Quartz Crystals |
| Mortlake Olivine Bombs |
| Beechworth Ameythst,citrine, crystals etc. |
