FOSSICKING PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
Specimen photographs and cutouts. Image-specific sources and modifications are recorded below. Moonstone uses AI-assisted background removal from the site owner-supplied photograph.

specimens/sapphire
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  "filename": "sapphire.webp",
  "credit": "Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corundum-191826.jpg",
  "originalTitle": "Corundum-191826.jpg",
  "description": "Blue sapphire crystal from Sri Lanka",
  "note": "Representative specimen photograph, not a promised find or an item offered for sale. Specimen origins vary; images are not to scale.",
  "alt": "Blue sapphire crystal from Sri Lanka — real specimen photograph",
  "modified": "Background removed using non-generative masking; cropped, repositioned, resized and WebP compressed. Specimen colour and internal appearance preserved.",
  "pngFilename": "sapphire.png",
  "subject": "Sapphire",
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Corundum-191826.jpg",
  "sha256": "05e8e3520f548df5218542662b25e547cf05a9ed3a52f260ac9deb3c12d27e12"
}

specimens/gold
{
  "filename": "gold.webp",
  "credit": "Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gold-270413.jpg",
  "originalTitle": "Gold-270413.jpg",
  "description": "Crystallised native gold from Lake Carey, Western Australia",
  "note": "Representative specimen photograph, not a promised find or an item offered for sale. Specimen origins vary; images are not to scale.",
  "alt": "Crystallised native gold from Lake Carey, Western Australia — real specimen photograph",
  "modified": "Background removed using non-generative masking; cropped, repositioned, resized and WebP compressed. Specimen colour and internal appearance preserved.",
  "pngFilename": "gold.png",
  "subject": "Gold",
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Gold-270413.jpg",
  "sha256": "ece10a5b4ad7df432ddc4b99b2cb3680120e2dfc3abbf93ed98c5a4dd2fa29bb"
}

specimens/fieldwork
{
  "filename": "fieldwork.webp",
  "subject": "Fossicking at Yowah",
  "originalTitle": "Lady Digging For Opals.jpg",
  "credit": "Onceuponashell",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lady_Digging_For_Opals.jpg",
  "description": "A fossicker searching for opals in Yowah, Queensland, photographed in 2023.",
  "alt": "A person fossicking for opals at Yowah, Queensland",
  "modified": "Cropped to 3:2, resized and WebP compressed. No generative editing.",
  "note": "Editorial fieldwork photograph; no endorsement by the depicted person is implied.",
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "sha256": "376ce6d5c80f036686b66f20a00c971413f620daed0b5d0c260b2de4bc583d5b"
}

specimens/creek
{
  "filename": "creek.webp",
  "subject": "Australian creek landscape",
  "originalTitle": "Collins Creek 1.jpg",
  "credit": "Mx. Granger",
  "license": "CC0 1.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collins_Creek_1.jpg",
  "description": "Collins Creek near its mouth in Woonona, New South Wales.",
  "alt": "Green banks and still water at Collins Creek, New South Wales",
  "modified": "Cropped to 3:2, resized and WebP compressed. No generative editing.",
  "note": "Illustrative Australian landscape, not a recommendation or permission to fossick at this location.",
  "derivativeLicense": "CC0 1.0",
  "sha256": "1eb0eddcfa90c12e1c5040569b184a73954c1557105d089a7214e691832cf78f"
}

gallery/opal-lightning-ridge-rough
{
  "filename": "opal-lightning-ridge-rough.webp",
  "credit": "Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opal-39563.jpg",
  "originalTitle": "Opal-39563.jpg",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Opal-39563.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original",
  "sourceDescription": "Opal\nLocality: Lightning Ridge, Finch County, New South Wales, Australia (Locality at mindat.org)\nTransparent, \"jelly opal\" formed in red sandstone from this world class opal locality. Here we have a nicely presented opal pocket in matrix, flashign colors at you as you turn it in light. It is extremely gemmy and transparent! 5.6 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm",
  "description": "Transparent jelly opal in red sandstone — Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia.",
  "alt": "Real Lightning Ridge jelly opal in red sandstone, isolated from its photo background",
  "subject": "Opal",
  "locality": "Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia",
  "note": "Actual photographed specimen; not confirmed black opal. Original mineral texture and colour preserved.",
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "modified": "Background and display support removed with a manually traced antialiased alpha mask. Attached mineral matrix retained. Original specimen RGB pixels preserved; no generated pixels, colour changes or upscaling. Cropped with 8% transparent padding; lossless WebP.",
  "width": 547,
  "height": 513,
  "sha256": "d0af141da88627926be6b887293586e85c208f6891d6966144277c0ee2e9f40e"
}

gallery/opal-lightning-ridge-alternate
{
  "filename": "opal-lightning-ridge-alternate.webp",
  "credit": "James St. John",
  "license": "CC BY 2.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Precious_opal_(Lightning_Ridge,_New_South_Wales,_Australia)_1_(16963580278).jpg",
  "originalTitle": "Precious opal (Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia) 1 (16963580278).jpg",
  "description": "Another rough precious opal specimen — attributed to Lightning Ridge, NSW.",
  "alt": "Another rough precious opal specimen — attributed to Lightning Ridge, NSW. — real specimen photograph",
  "modified": "Background and display support removed with a manually traced antialiased alpha mask. Attached mineral matrix retained. Original specimen RGB pixels preserved; no generated pixels, colour changes or upscaling. Cropped with 8% transparent padding; lossless WebP.",
  "subject": "Opal",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Precious_opal_%28Lightning_Ridge%2C_New_South_Wales%2C_Australia%29_1_%2816963580278%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original",
  "sha256": "04c1915232fb70bea82b855fb559332abf7626c741948d076af7ffab4105c255",
  "note": "Representative specimen, not a promised find or shop product.",
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY 2.0",
  "width": 1101,
  "height": 695
}

gallery/sapphire
{
  "filename": "sapphire-alternate.webp",
  "credit": "Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corundum-43241.jpg",
  "originalTitle": "Corundum-43241.jpg",
  "description": "Rough sapphire crystal — Ratnapura, Sri Lanka.",
  "alt": "Rough sapphire crystal — Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. — real specimen photograph",
  "modified": "Background and display support removed with a manually traced antialiased alpha mask. Attached mineral matrix retained. Original specimen RGB pixels preserved; no generated pixels, colour changes or upscaling. Cropped with 8% transparent padding; lossless WebP.",
  "subject": "Sapphire",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Corundum-43241.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original",
  "sha256": "0edf908fa1013167d5f83bcc1ecff015b5c68c53547f3f6adf224043afa6d956",
  "width": 493,
  "height": 335,
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0"
}

gallery/gold
{
  "filename": "gold-alternate.webp",
  "credit": "James St. John",
  "license": "CC BY 2.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gold_nugget_(Australia)_1_(16847082298).jpg",
  "originalTitle": "Gold nugget (Australia) 1 (16847082298).jpg",
  "description": "Australian gold nugget — a different form to crystalline gold.",
  "alt": "Australian gold nugget — a different form to crystalline gold. — real specimen photograph",
  "modified": "Background and display support removed with a manually traced antialiased alpha mask. Attached mineral matrix retained. Original specimen RGB pixels preserved; no generated pixels, colour changes or upscaling. Cropped with 8% transparent padding; lossless WebP.",
  "subject": "Gold",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Gold_nugget_%28Australia%29_1_%2816847082298%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original",
  "sha256": "00dcb12e3cc669e41a2a71a9aa2397dfa19cc33db34b0f3ca558b55014102c1e",
  "width": 1073,
  "height": 750
}

gallery/zebra-rock
{
  "filename": "zebra-rock-alternate.webp",
  "credit": "Ra'ike (Wikipedia)",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0 de",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zebra-Rock_(GeoMuseum_Cologne)2.JPG",
  "originalTitle": "Zebra-Rock (GeoMuseum Cologne)2.JPG",
  "description": "Cut and polished zebra rock — Kimberley, Western Australia.",
  "note": "Representative mineral specimen; not a documented find from this map location. Resized from original.",
  "alt": "Zebra rock specimen — representative photo, not a find from this site",
  "modified": "Manually traced antialiased alpha mask removes photo backdrop, nearby specimens and display supports. Attached specimen matrix retained. Cropped with 8% transparent padding. Original gemstone RGB pixels preserved; no generated pixels, colour changes or upscaling. Lossless WebP compression.",
  "subject": "Zebra rock",
  "width": 228,
  "height": 208,
  "sha256": "699714219814194df172964a3ae92e28ccf83971a78be633b7e2651ee0f3eae1",
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0 de",
  "locality": "Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia"
}

gallery/field-gold
{
  "key": "gold-black-sand",
  "title": "Gold among black-sand concentrates",
  "originalTitle": "File:Black Sands.jpg",
  "filename": "ff-field-gold.webp",
  "webFilename": "gold-black-sand-original.jpg",
  "credit": "Ted Scott / Goldplacer.com — public domain",
  "author": "Ted Scott",
  "locality": "Not specified by the source",
  "australianProvenance": false,
  "caption": "Gold grains among dark heavy-mineral concentrates left after panning. The source identifies magnetite, hematite and gold; the photograph’s locality is not stated.",
  "alt": "Small yellow gold grains spread among dark mineral sand on the surface of a green gold pan.",
  "teachingPoint": "A close view of the material a beginner should inspect carefully at the final concentrating stage. The contrast between yellow grains and dark sand is visible.",
  "limitations": "This is not an Australian locality record, a mineral-identification test, or a promised gold yield. The photograph does not establish that every dark or yellow grain can be identified by colour alone.",
  "recommendedPlacement": "Gold field guide: reading the final concentrate",
  "licenseUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Sands.jpg#Licensing",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Sands.jpg",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Black_Sands.jpg",
  "license": "Public domain",
  "sourceDescription": "Magnetite, hematite and gold.  Black sand concentrates from panning placer gravels.",
  "sourceDate": "4 June 2006 (original upload date)}",
  "sourceWidth": 1085,
  "sourceHeight": 2129,
  "originalBytes": 992000,
  "sha256": "75a66aa4a8c960f70ad65a962621225d2c43d0eef755baf62e3a0c93a20bc851",
  "modifications": "Original source bytes retained. No AI generation, retouching or background removal. Any separate preview is the unaltered Commons resized rendition.",
  "verifiedLicenseOn": "2026-11-05",
  "visuallyInspected": true,
  "description": "Gold among black-sand concentrates",
  "modified": "Cropped to show a closer view of the original concentrate; WebP compressed. No generated or retouched content.",
  "width": 1000,
  "height": 750,
  "derivativeLicense": "Public domain"
}

gallery/field-opal
{
  "key": "opal-andamooka-low-colour",
  "title": "Low-colour rough opal from Andamooka",
  "originalTitle": "File:Potch.jpg",
  "filename": "ff-field-opal.webp",
  "webFilename": "opal-andamooka-low-colour-preview.jpg",
  "credit": "CRPeters — CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "author": "CRPeters",
  "locality": "Andamooka, South Australia, Australia",
  "australianProvenance": true,
  "caption": "Rough opal found at Andamooka, South Australia. The photographer describes it as potch with only the beginnings of colour; faint blue patches are visible, so it is not a completely colourless potch example.",
  "alt": "A translucent cream rough opal with faint blue patches and a small amount of brown attached material.",
  "teachingPoint": "Supports a discussion of weak colour in rough opal and why the word potch needs care when some play-of-colour is visible. Compare with a separately verified precious-opal example, rather than labelling this image a definitive pure-pot⁠ch specimen.",
  "limitations": "The source uses informal terminology. Do not label this as black opal, Lightning Ridge material, fully colourless potch or high-value gem rough. A static photograph cannot show all angles of play-of-colour.",
  "recommendedPlacement": "Opal field guide: judging rough colour and understanding potch",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potch.jpg",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Potch.jpg",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0",
  "sourceDescription": "This is a picture of \"potch\" which is the mineraloid gel of opal without hardly any \"fire\" or just the beginnings of fire.  I found this in Andamooka South Australia.",
  "sourceDate": "2010-07-09",
  "sourceWidth": 3072,
  "sourceHeight": 2304,
  "originalBytes": 2350470,
  "sha256": "a9a1d60d83902d158264f80eec0c758662032a842793cfebb1d013d92aa00d4f",
  "modifications": "Original source bytes retained. No AI generation, retouching or background removal. Any separate preview is the unaltered Commons resized rendition.",
  "verifiedLicenseOn": "2026-11-05",
  "visuallyInspected": true,
  "description": "Low-colour rough opal from Andamooka",
  "modified": "Resized for web display and WebP compressed; no generated or retouched content.",
  "width": 1000,
  "height": 750,
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0"
}

gallery/field-quartz
{
  "key": "quartz-torrington-termination",
  "title": "Natural quartz termination from Torrington",
  "originalTitle": "File:Quartz-41626.jpg",
  "filename": "ff-field-quartz.webp",
  "webFilename": "quartz-torrington-termination-original.jpg",
  "credit": "Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com — CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "author": "Robert M. Lavinsky",
  "locality": "Torrington, New South Wales, Australia",
  "australianProvenance": true,
  "caption": "A natural smoky-to-citrine quartz crystal from Torrington, NSW, measuring 5.5 × 3.0 × 2.7 cm. Look at the long prism faces and pointed natural termination, rather than relying on brown colour alone.",
  "alt": "A brown translucent natural quartz crystal with long prism faces, a pointed termination and a rougher base.",
  "teachingPoint": "An Australian example for learning crystal shape: distinguish the long prism faces and natural terminal faces. This is an identification detail image, rather than a decorative polished gem.",
  "limitations": "This unusually complete specimen is not representative of every weathered or broken field find. Only 338 × 600 source pixels are available; show it small or in a narrow figure and do not upscale. A photograph alone cannot prove quartz identity.",
  "recommendedPlacement": "Quartz field guide: recognising crystal habit",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quartz-41626.jpg",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Quartz-41626.jpg",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0",
  "sourceDescription": "Quartz (Var.: Smoky Quartz), Quartz (Var.: Citrine)\nLocality: Torrington, Clive County, New South Wales, Australia (Locality at mindat.org)\nA sharp, complete, undamaged and lustrous crystal of quartz somewhere between citrine and \"smoky\". Very gemmy termination! You do not see too many quartzes of this caliber from Australia on the market! 5.5 x 3.0 x 2.7cm",
  "sourceDate": "before March 2010date QS:P,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/10",
  "sourceWidth": 338,
  "sourceHeight": 600,
  "originalBytes": 81642,
  "sha256": "76a5d596cba06cbeb6a6906002973a16b904f7cc06e9fed24c35b4911372df64",
  "modifications": "Original source bytes retained. No AI generation, retouching or background removal. Any separate preview is the unaltered Commons resized rendition.",
  "verifiedLicenseOn": "2026-11-05",
  "visuallyInspected": true,
  "description": "Natural quartz termination from Torrington",
  "modified": "Resized for web display and WebP compressed; no generated or retouched content.",
  "width": 338,
  "height": 600,
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0"
}

gallery/zircon-australian
{
  "filename": "zircon-australian.webp",
  "credit": "Frank Coffa / Museums Victoria",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "sourceUrl": "https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/39810",
  "originalTitle": "Zircon, Museums Victoria M 37079",
  "description": "Natural rough zircon — Victoria, Australia. Museums Victoria specimen M 37079.",
  "alt": "Real orange-brown Australian rough zircon from Victoria, with the photograph background removed",
  "modified": "Cropped one complete stone; manually traced alpha mask with antialiased edge; centred at original pixel size on transparent 640×640 canvas. No AI, recolouring, sharpening, reconstruction, specimen rotation or enhancement. Lossless WebP conversion.",
  "sha256": "9765c3aea6e7e842a3239d45bc1b6d0b99a92794c31b9b528f9055d2cacfc369",
  "subject": "Australian rough zircon",
  "locality": "Victoria, Australia",
  "note": "Museum specimen M 37079. The source records Victoria, but no more specific collecting locality.",
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY 4.0"
}

gallery/sapphire-australian-A
{
  "filename": "sapphire-australian-A.png",
  "credit": "Frank Coffa / Museums Victoria",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "sourceUrl": "https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/22419",
  "originalTitle": "Corundum (sapphire), Museums Victoria M 19686",
  "description": "Natural deep-blue rough sapphire — Merricks North, Victoria, Australia. Museums Victoria M 19686.",
  "alt": "Real deep-blue rough Australian sapphire from Merricks North, Victoria, with its photo background removed",
  "modified": "Cropped one complete stone; manually traced alpha mask with antialiased edge; centred at original pixel size on transparent 640×640 canvas. No AI, recolouring, sharpening, reconstruction, specimen rotation or enhancement.",
  "sha256": "6cca8ae9ccbfb2c242107cab23a56c48260974dd5dc90bd272bf2db77df8773f",
  "subject": "Australian rough sapphire",
  "locality": "Merricks North, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia",
  "note": "Option A selected by the owner for sapphire specimen two. From Museums Victoria specimen M 19686.",
  "derivativeLicense": "CC BY 4.0"
}

gallery/au-quartz-bonnie-doon
{
  "id": "quartz-bonnie-doon",
  "gemId": "quartz",
  "locality": "Marbarknott mine, near Bonnie Doon, Victoria, Australia",
  "sourceUrl": "https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/2227339",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/39/1030489-large.jpg",
  "credit": "John Broomfield / Museums Victoria",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0",
  "originalFilename": "museum-2227339-0.jpg",
  "subject": "Smoky quartz",
  "description": "Smoky quartz — Marbarknott mine, near Bonnie Doon, Victoria, Australia. Museums Victoria M 53997",
  "alt": "Real Australian smoky quartz from Marbarknott mine, near Bonnie Doon, Victoria, Australia, isolated on a transparent background",
  "filename": "au-quartz-bonnie-doon.webp",
  "modified": "Manually traced alpha mask removed photograph backdrop, shadows, labels outside the specimen and nearby objects. Attached natural matrix retained. Original specimen colour and shape preserved; no generated pixels, recolouring or reconstruction. Cropped, given transparent margins and downsampled only where larger than 900 pixels. Lossless WebP output.",
  "width": 1003,
  "height": 1044,
  "sourceWidth": 3000,
  "sourceHeight": 3000,
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  "sha256": "06627ec964b6e1f39625c76e730889ecf42d8c2bbbcd2f1ff07e4af3d1222641",
  "verifiedOn": "2026-11-06",
  "australianProvenance": true,
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}

gallery/au-amethyst-victoria
{
  "id": "amethyst-victoria",
  "gemId": "amethyst",
  "locality": "Victoria, Australia",
  "sourceUrl": "https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/42723",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/31/272231-large.jpg",
  "credit": "Frank Coffa / Museums Victoria",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0",
  "originalFilename": "museum-42723-0.jpg",
  "subject": "Amethyst crystal cluster",
  "description": "Amethyst crystal cluster — Victoria, Australia. Museums Victoria M 39542",
  "alt": "Real Australian amethyst crystal cluster from Victoria, Australia, isolated on a transparent background",
  "filename": "au-amethyst-victoria.webp",
  "modified": "Manually traced alpha mask removed photograph backdrop, shadows, labels outside the specimen and nearby objects. Attached natural matrix retained. Original specimen colour and shape preserved; no generated pixels, recolouring or reconstruction. Cropped, given transparent margins and downsampled only where larger than 900 pixels. Lossless WebP output.",
  "width": 1044,
  "height": 893,
  "sourceWidth": 3000,
  "sourceHeight": 2039,
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  "verifiedOn": "2026-11-06",
  "australianProvenance": true,
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}

gallery/au-topaz-victoria-blue
{
  "id": "topaz-victoria-blue",
  "gemId": "topaz",
  "locality": "Victoria, Australia",
  "sourceUrl": "https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/47126",
  "originalDownloadUrl": "https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/39/465389-large.jpg",
  "credit": "Frank Coffa / Museums Victoria",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0",
  "originalFilename": "museum-47126-0.jpg",
  "subject": "Blue rough topaz crystal",
  "description": "Blue rough topaz crystal — Victoria, Australia. Museums Victoria M 44396",
  "alt": "Real Australian blue rough topaz crystal from Victoria, Australia, isolated on a transparent background",
  "filename": "au-topaz-victoria-blue.webp",
  "modified": "Manually traced alpha mask removed photograph backdrop, shadows, labels outside the specimen and nearby objects. Attached natural matrix retained. Original specimen colour and shape preserved; no generated pixels, recolouring or reconstruction. Cropped, given transparent margins and downsampled only where larger than 900 pixels. Lossless WebP output.",
  "width": 1042,
  "height": 1044,
  "sourceWidth": 3000,
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gallery/au-topaz-victoria-clear
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gallery/au-quartz-torrington
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gallery/au-aquamarine-torrington
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gallery/au-emerald-poona
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gallery/au-diamond-argyle-03
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gallery/au-diamond-argyle-07
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gallery/au-ruby-harts-range-34808
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gallery/au-ruby-harts-range-40824
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gallery/au-au-peridot
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gallery/au-au-prehnite
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  "description": "Natural prehnite crystals from the Red Dome mine, Mungana, Queensland. Museums Victoria M 43916.",
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gallery/au-au-agate
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  "description": "Banded agate pebble from Stratford, Victoria. Museums Victoria M 49254.",
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gallery/au-au-jasper
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  "description": "Cut and polished red jasper slab from Victoria, Australia. Museums Victoria E 18453.",
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gallery/au-au-petrified-wood
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gallery/au-moonstone-supplied
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  "originalTitle": "Yogo sapphire rough, Montana, USA.jpg",
  "description": "Representative sapphire specimen photograph.",
  "note": "Representative mineral specimen; not a documented find from this map location. Resized from original.",
  "alt": "Sapphire mineral specimen — representative photo, not a find from this site",
  "modified": "Resized and JPEG compressed; no generative editing."
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photos/gold
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  "filename": "gold.jpg",
  "credit": "James St. John",
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  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0",
  "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gold_nugget_(Australia)_1_(16847082298).jpg",
  "originalTitle": "Gold nugget (Australia) 1 (16847082298).jpg",
  "description": "Representative gold specimen photograph.",
  "note": "Representative mineral specimen; not a documented find from this map location. Resized from original.",
  "alt": "Gold mineral specimen — representative photo, not a find from this site",
  "modified": "Resized and JPEG compressed; no generative editing."
}

photos/zebra-rock
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  "filename": "zebra-rock.jpg",
  "credit": "Ra'ike (Wikipedia)",
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  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en",
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  "originalTitle": "Zebra-Rock (GeoMuseum Cologne)2.JPG",
  "description": "Cut and polished zebra rock — Kimberley, Western Australia.",
  "note": "Representative mineral specimen; not a documented find from this map location. Resized from original.",
  "alt": "Zebra rock specimen — representative photo, not a find from this site",
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  "locality": "Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia"
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