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Date Archives → August 2015

Gold detecting in Tasmania

posted in Tools on 31 August 2015 by TasProspector 10 Comments
Tasmanian nuggets, metal-detected
Metal-detected Tasmanian nuggets from an Easter trip.

Tasmania has an undeserved reputation as a nugget-poor location. In fact many nuggets over one ounce in size have been found historically in our goldfields.

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Who owns the minerals in Tasmania?

posted in Rules on 24 August 2015 by TasProspector 9 Comments
Who owns the minerals?
Who owns prospected minerals?

“A prospecting licence does not grant any right to a mineral, as an exploration licence or mining lease does, and the holder of a prospecting licence does not have ownership over a mineral found whilst prospecting”. Director of Mines, 14 August 2015.

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Tasmanian agates

posted in Minerals on 17 August 2015 by TasProspector 2 Comments
Tasmanian agate from Lune River
Tasmanian agate from Lune River

Agates have been found in a large number of localities around Tasmania, though only some places, such as Lune River, Little Swanport, Penstock Lagoon, Carrick and Calder are well known for their agates. Have a look at some images of Tasmanian agates.

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Gold nugget database

posted in Minerals on 10 August 2015 by TasProspector
Toothbrush and water does an ok job of cleaning gold nuggets
Three-gram gold nugget from nort-eastern Tasmania

Many people think that Tasmania only has fine gold, and no nuggets are found down here. This is actually very far from the truth, so I’ve started a database of historical Tasmanian gold nuggets.

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Tasmanian diamonds

posted in Minerals on 3 August 2015 by TasProspector 2 Comments
Early news report of the first find of Tasmanian diamonds, near Corinna
1894 Newspaper report of the diamond find near Corinna Trove, National Library of Australia

When thinking Tasmanian diamonds, most people have heard of Killiecrankie diamonds, which are really topaz (and very good topaz at that). However, several real, verified diamonds have also been found in Tasmania.

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