rock spots / by-catch

not sure if these are like gold spots - tightly kept secrets but was wondering if people want to post up some places in the wa goldfields that we can stop by and dig some cool rocks gems etc?

If you don't mind a little life threatening hazard the prettiest rocks we've found this trip have been the blue asbestos in Wittenoom. The iron stone rocks have bright bule bands of asbestos that really catch the eye. There are ample lovely camping spots there by crystal clear running water. Just follow through town straight up Whitenoom Gorge.
  

This gem stone was found in a creek bed at Sandstone.

Nice stone Kev.Now stop holding back and get some pics up of your latest haul of gold.Sounds like you had a great trip.

Cheers

Phil

All done phil, look in Finds.


Cheers Kev

G'day kiwi,
Just got back from a few weeks out so sorry I missed this one while it was on the go. Not sure what area you work in but I see some of the boys spend time around Warriedar so I'll start there as I know the area well from when we lived in PJ. There is a really nice jasper found in the hills to the west of the fields find to paynes road rd if you take one of the tracks a few km after you cross the lake heading back to paynes you should find it it was mined there in the 80's and is high on a hill. If you feel like a walk the island you can see when you head west along the track from fields to the home stead has heaps of black tormaline. There nice quarts crystals in an area called the moonscape. Hope these give you a few ideas. If there a particular area your interested in let me know and I'll try and help out.

Waypoint.

thanks For the info guys just what I was after will drop in for a look next time im out that way. im sure others

I had a bit of a poke around at Ponna west of Cue a while back some interesting rocks there but did not find any emeralds lying around.   

I guess im wondering if there is like a top 10 or top 3 famous spots in WA like for example agate creek over east

cheers Tom

Yeah mate top 3 for Wa if you talking about for lapidary use would be zebra stone from around Kununurra. Mookaite from Byro station. And Amethysts from Gascoyne junction. If it precious gems your after then it Diamonds in many places up north. Then Poona for emeralds and then coloured tourmaline from around Mukinbudin.

Waypoint.

Williams opal mine is located 4.8 kilometres north north-east of Coolgardie.

Chrysoprase Mine 28°19.186
120°58.985

If you head out that way you may as well have a look at the natural wonder of Marshall's Pool.
28°19.498
120°56.568

When you can't find gold you've gota go with the next best thing. The prettiest rock we found during our last trip was blue asbestos at Wittenoom
Thanks NuggieDreamer for setting me straight on how to post an image
 

Sandra found this fabulous looking rock while I was swinging the ATX at Salgash. Unfortunately it didn't contain any gold but i'm sure I'll find it under one of the beds when we unpack.