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Extract from the Inverell Travel Guides:
The area between Glen Innes and
INVERELL
, 67km to the west, is one huge gemfield. Industrial diamonds, garnets, topaz, zircons and three-quarters of the world's sapphires are mined in the area. Inverell is also known as "Sapphire City", and at the
Dejon Sapphire Centre
, on the Gwydir Highway, 18km east of town, you can watch the gems being mined, washed, sorted and cut (daily 9am-5pm; mine tours 10.30am & 3pm). The showroom has a display of sapphires in 155 colours, from pale blue and green, to gold, lemon and pink. To try your own luck, you'll need to contact the
tourist office
on Ca...
read the whole Inverell Travel Guides...
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