Gumigil Chrysoprase Mine
Marlborough, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
The worlds largest Chrysoprase mine, worked since 1959.
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Mindat lists ten minerals from the site, but Chrysoprase is the ‘gem’ from this site.
The mine is operated as an open cut. The veins of Chrysoprase are quite thin and are identified by eye after the ground is disrupted by a digger.
Most of the Chrysoprase from the site is sold cut and polished on foreign markets.
Further reading
If you are interested in other classic Australian locales we may have stock from the following locales.
Australian locales
- Gumigil Chrysoprase Mine, Marlborough, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
- Marillana Station mine, Marillana Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
- Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
- Portland Harbour Trust Quarry, Cape Sir William Grant, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia
- Woods Mine, Inglis Co, New South Wales, Australia
For the rest of our Australian stock, see below.