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Video....Sapphire fossicking at Sapphire at the river behind the caravan park
Sapphire Mining and Fossicking
| Old Miners Cottage at Rubyvale Queensland |
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| Digi Art Photography by Marguerite 2005 |
Willows Gemfields is about a 45 minute drive west of Emerald along the Capricorn Highway. The Gemfields
area is known for having unusually coloured sapphires. Fossicking in the Gemfields is easy with equipment hire available,
you can even get your fossicking license in Anakie. Willows Gemfields has caravan park accommodation and also offers walk-in-mine
tours and a fossicking park, where you can learn to recognise and find sapphires from the earth. Willows Gemfields service
station only has unleaded fuel, and the nearest hospital in the Gemfields is located at Emerald.
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