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  1. RockRat

    Ingenunity

    https://youtu.be/6WcZLHnoxBE?t=1
  2. RockRat

    Tingha Museum Theft. 7-11-2021

    80kg quartz theft: Insurance may not cover Tingha museum's $100k loss Vanessa Arundale Local News HEARTBROKEN: Stone owner Aileen Roberts and president of the volunteer museum management committee Danny Coleman in the museum after helping police on Monday. Picture: supplied. The Tingha...
  3. RockRat

    Looking for gold

    https://youtu.be/1-SU-Hpswe0
  4. RockRat

    unexpected find

    Took the nox 800 with me fossicking for crystals this time, found this old car bonnet, surprisingly well preserved. Not much else unfortunately in the way of other relics.
  5. RockRat

    lapidary gear from Marksman

    Cleaned up well, thanks Ken, :Y:
  6. RockRat

    Black lighting for Opals

    great vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N59C_wGtkNw&feature=emb_logo
  7. RockRat

    Recent tumble

    Recent tumble of Quartz jelly bean crystals from Stannifer, done in a VIBRATORY ROCK TUMBLER using Kaolin powder and aluminium oxide 14,000 polish and water. No soap or borax or ceramic media used, as stones were of mixed sizes no larger than a about 5x2 cm. The Kaolin powder was used to make...
  8. RockRat

    Head in a hole, success.

    Been out and about, following a trail of quartz fragments for the past month and finally found there home, looks a bit like candle quartz, small clusters are pretty unique, lots of twins multi crystals, only a small vug unfortunately, very happy with the haul. :pickshovel: :gemstone:
  9. RockRat

    MURRAY COD

    Caught this week ,Copeton Dam, Inverell. over 4 foot, 123cm Said he was lucky he had a couple of his mates with him to get it into the boat. catch and release.
  10. RockRat

    Diamond mine

    Hit the ceiling with the fluorescent torch of this old diamond mine, white is beads of water, not sure what the red dots are. :gemstone:
  11. RockRat

    Ring lost and found 46 years later

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-24/ring-lost-and-found-46-years-later/11991540
  12. RockRat

    Casualty of the heat

    Baby Cockatiel found by a friend, who gave it to me two weeks ago.. Said the magpies were giving it a hard time. Settled in and made itself at home. Full of mischief and has learnt to wolf whistle very well.
  13. RockRat

    Inferno

    Yesterday morning about 8am wandered out to the verandah as i could smell smoke and saw the fire in the distance on the hills above Goonoowigall, just out of Inverell. I thought that's heading towards my mates place on rifle range road, i gave him a call , he answered, out of breath , said he...
  14. RockRat

    Hi tech metal detector with a difference.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-07/drinking-water-search-in-nsw-central-west/11570834
  15. RockRat

    Tasmanian gold fever

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-10/gold-rush-alive-in-tasmanian-wilderness/11355446
  16. RockRat

    Unexpected visitor

    Went for a dig this frosty morning to try a new spot, surprise, :o he beat me to it. Tingha.
  17. RockRat

    opals

    Ya just never know, amazing. https://youtu.be/pbM3xXw4_ps
  18. RockRat

    Gold fungus

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-05-24/fungus-containing-gold-discovered-in-western-australia/11143230
  19. RockRat

    GemMaster

    Gem Master faceting post for sale in the classified section.
  20. RockRat

    Gem Master faceting post

    Friend of mine has this, surplus to his needs. PM me for more info. $300.00
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