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Specimen Hill (Torrington)

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29.3158° S, 151.7006° E · ± 10 km

Emerald from New South Wales, Australia, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Emerald

Emerald at Specimen Hill (Torrington)

Small doubly terminated, lightly banded emerald crystal of 1.7 cm from Specimen Hill near Torrington, New South Wales.
Small doubly terminated, lightly banded emerald crystal of 1.7 cm from Specimen Hill near Torrington, New South Wales.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
Be3Al2Si6O18
Morphology
Small doubly terminated prism
Typical size
About 1.7 cm
Color / luster
Light green with faint banding, gemmy
History
Only the Commons specimen label (dealer text) documents emerald here; no second source was found

Sources: SRC-835

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Tin-mining district of the Mole Tableland (tin lode found 1881); fossicking for topaz and quartz
Region
New South Wales
Country
Australia

Coordinates are those of Torrington village (English Wikipedia); Specimen Hill itself is not located. Emerald here rests on the Commons specimen label only.

Sources: SRC-834

Sources

  1. SRC-834 · Website
    Torrington, New South WalesWikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
  2. SRC-835 · Website
    File:Beryl-132364.jpg (Wikimedia Commons)Robert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.