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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
Beginners Detecting Mistake..."Walking away from gold too soon."
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<blockquote data-quote="WalnLiz" data-source="post: 654705" data-attributes="member: 147"><p>I have a handful from a mate in Tassie and facetted a couple of them myself. One was a very clear white which I needed to recut as the first attempt at the table was too close to the cleavage plane and the polishing was not up to scratch. Came out OK eventually though. The second was a stone with a yellowish tint and it won a comp for me so something must have gone right with that one. You are right though goldie with the location. Most from there are not quite what I would call faceting grade material because of fractures and definitely not as good as the ones on mainland Tassie around the Weld River region. My favourite facet grade material still comes from O'briens Creek in QLD and as such we visit that location quite often from return trips to WA chasing gold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnLiz, post: 654705, member: 147"] I have a handful from a mate in Tassie and facetted a couple of them myself. One was a very clear white which I needed to recut as the first attempt at the table was too close to the cleavage plane and the polishing was not up to scratch. Came out OK eventually though. The second was a stone with a yellowish tint and it won a comp for me so something must have gone right with that one. You are right though goldie with the location. Most from there are not quite what I would call faceting grade material because of fractures and definitely not as good as the ones on mainland Tassie around the Weld River region. My favourite facet grade material still comes from O'briens Creek in QLD and as such we visit that location quite often from return trips to WA chasing gold. [/QUOTE]
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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
Beginners Detecting Mistake..."Walking away from gold too soon."
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