John's New England Minerals and General Geology Blog

STAGGY CREEK GEM FOSSICKING AREA NEAR INVERELL NSW AUSTRALIA Extract from "Diamonds in NSW" Staggy Creek reserve is one of t...

BLATHERARM CREEK TORRINGTON TOPAZ FOSSICKING Blatherarm Creek (Blather Arm Creek, Blather Creek) is one of the most popular fossicki...

TOURMALINE IN QUARTZ LOCALITY WALLANGRA NSW Photo by Wwoofa via the Australian Lapidary Forum This is a well-known mineral collecting...

THE TIN-MINING INDUSTRY IN NSW BY JE CARNE (1911)   The complete title of this book is “ The Tin-Mining Industry and the Distribution of...

TOPAZ LOCALITIES WEST OF TORRINGTON NSW AUSTRALIA In this blog I’ve attempted to bring together a list of all the places where topaz ha...

In 1993 Minerama adopted beryl as its theme mineral for that year’s show. This led to the compilation of the “Beryl” booklet (downloadab...